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Sheida Soleimani investigates relationships between Western military complexes and the leaders of the oil-rich Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Sourcing images from archives, media photographs, official documents, and conflicting news stories, Soleimani’s works employ the tactics of theatre and humor to create photographic tableaux that point towards global turmoil. At Material Art Fair, Soleimani presents three new photographs set against a backdrop of data from OPEC annual reports. Rebuilding an archive of information as new images while recontextualizing world …