Highlights include powerful works by Golnaz Fathi, an influential member of an invigorating group of contemporary artists that has come to prominence in Iran over the last two decades. Many of Fathi’s latest works on canvas show script that has been painted over or deliberately erased by superimposed layers. These deliberate abstractions are incapable of being parsed or otherwise understood. …
Highlights include powerful works by Golnaz Fathi, an influential member of an invigorating group of contemporary artists that has come to prominence in Iran over the last two decades. Many of Fathi’s latest works on canvas show script that has been painted over or deliberately erased by superimposed layers. These deliberate abstractions are incapable of being parsed or otherwise understood. Sunlight, 2022, exemplifies the artist’s powerful application of primary hues; rendered in bright yellows, the work is suggestive both of warmth and the raging heat of the sun, while a swathe of red …
