B21 Gallery, Dubai
PANTEA RAHMANI,‘EXPOSED’, B21 Gallery, May 19 – June 18, 2009
Portraiture is often overwhelmed by artifice; self-portraiture weakened by spectacle. Rahmani has nimbly navigated past such innate obstacles to this most basic of artistic practices and dared to expose herself. The six colossal paintings presented reflect a private meditative process, meticulously recorded with a minute brush against a neutral, minimal background; a tabula rasa to her intense perception. At once self-absorbed and distanced, Rahmani treats her subject with a rigorous candor that leaves no aspect unconsidered, imploring the viewer to do the same.
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