TEHRAN -- Works by a number of Iranian photographers will be showcased in an exhibition at the Gallery 44 in Toronto, Canada from May 4 to June 16.

 

The exhibit will put on display works by Samira Eskandarfar, Amir-Ali Qasemi, Abbas Kowsari, Zeinab Salarvand, Arman Stepanian and Sadeq Tirafkan, most of whom have never shown their works in Canada before.

 

Andrea Fitzpatrick of the University of Ottawa will curate the show entitled Gender and Exposure in Contemporary Iranian Photography, the gallery announced on its website.

 

Fitzpatrick completed a Ph.D. in contemporary art from McGill University in 2005. Since 2007, she has taught the history and theory of art at the University of Ottawa. 

 

The exhibition is based on a month-long research trip she completed in Tehran in the summer of 2010, as well as years of prior research on Iranian culture.

 

Her most recent essay, “Of Gesture, Erasure, and Exposure: Images of Text in Iranian Photographic Art,” was published in the Tehran-based journal Art Tomorrow and was translated into Persian.

 

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