Abbas Kowsari

Artista, MIA Fair 2023 @ Ag

Abbas Kowsari, Nightly, 2020

Courtesy: Artist and Ag Galerie

Digital photography, c-print mounted on aluminum
Digital photography, c-print mounted on aluminum
Dimensioni / Size: 70x105
Edizione / Edition: 1/5
Prezzo / Price: 2200 Euro

During the pandemic, public mourning ceremonies were limited as a precaution for public safety yet people still participated in these holy observances wearing masks and keeping a safe distance. This created haunting, otherworldly scenes.

Abbas Kowsari

Iran @ Iran
http://www.abbaskowsari.com

ABBAS KOWSARI (Tehran, 1970)
Photo Editor-in-chief, Shargh Daily and Aftab Network Magazine

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Reds and Greens, Ag Galerie, Tehran
2015 Selected body of work , The Wapping Project Bankside Gallery , London
2012 Light, Nicolas Silin Gallery, Paris
2012 Light, Aaran Art Gallery, Tehran
2008 Shade of Water - Shade of Earth, Aaran Art Gallery, Tehran

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Beauty of the Battle, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn
2017 Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians—The Mohammed Afkhami Collection, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto and Houston
2015 Burnt Generation, Founders’ Gallery, Calgary
2015 Islamic Art Now: Contemporary Art of the Middle East, LACMA, Los Angeles
2014 The Sacred Paths, CAP, Kuwait
2014 Contemporary Iranian Photography, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles
2014 Burnt Generation, Somerset House, London
2012 Light From the Middle East: New Photography, V&A Museum, London
2010 A Positive View, Somerset House, London
2010 Iran Diverso: Black or White, Verso Arte Contemporanea Gallery, Torino
2009 One Day: A Collective Narrative of Tehran, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco
2009 The Promise of Loss: A Contemporary Index of Iran, Brot Kunsthalle Gallery, Vienna
2009 Iran 1979-2009: Between Hope and Chaos, 30 Years of Iranian Documentary Photography, Monnaie de Paris Museum, Paris
2009 Iran Inside Out, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
2004 Musulmanes, Musulmans: un monde fait de tous les mondes, Parc de la Villette, Paris
BIENNALES/FESTIVALS
2019 Inertia, Force, Second Revolution, Photolux Festival, Lucca
2017 Rearranging Boundaries, Ballarat Photo Festival, Australia
2017 Iran 38, Arles Photography Festival
2010 Tilt, Breda Photo Festival, Breda
2009 Second Photoquai Biennial, Quai Branly Museum, Paris

AWARDS/HONORS
2009 Prix Pictet, Shortlisted, Paris
2009 Magic of Persia, Shortlisted, London

COLLECTIONS
Mohammad Afkhami Collection
LACMA
British Museum
Bryan Adams Collection
Abbas Daneshvari Collection