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Bradley Ertaskiran is thrilled to present Shaan Syed’s solo exhibition, Common Eras. This presentation features large and medium scale paintings in oil on linen and canvas. In Common Eras, we encounter an ongoing investment in a stepped motif that Syed began deeply focusing on after looking at a picture of the giant spiral minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra (Iraq, 9th c. C.E.). This photograph prompted Syed to bring the steps of the Minaret onto the canvas as a device for exploring abstraction and representation, while the symbolism of the Minaret provided a nod to the artist’s personal …