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Harlan Levey Projects is pleased to present Medium of Exchange, Sheida Soleimani’s first exhibition with the
gallery. In her latest body of work, Soleimani charts a fragmented history of the relationship between OPEC nations and western political powers since the 1960s, when the organisation was formed, highlighting the correlation between sovereign oil wealth and civil rights abuse. The show follows the series’ U.S. institutional tour to two venues earlier this year.

Medium of Exchange combines photographic tableaus alongside a scripted film. The freestanding photographs
portray theatrical …