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The inaugural exhibition presented by the Institute for Arab and Islamic Art (IAIA), EXHIBITION 1 examines how the geometry of Islamic architecture can serve as the cornerstone of an artist’s visual vocabulary. Featuring works on paper and prints by Dana Awartani, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Zarina Hashmi, and Nasreen Mohamedi, EXHIBITION 1 considers how these sacred geometries seep into an artist’s consciousness and affect her work.
With upbringings in Saudi Arabia, Iran, India and Pakistan, respectively, the artists in EXHIBITION 1 hail from vastly different regions of the Arab and …