Shahram Entekhabi
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Shahram Entekhabi' (Persian: شهرام انتخابی), born 1963, is a German-Iranian video and installation artist.
Work[edit]
He participated in a group exhibition at the Chelsea Arts Museum, where his contribution was sex worker calling cards to which he had added full veils.[1] In July 2009, The New York Times wrote in an art review, Iran Inside Out, regarding a similar piece, Shahram Entekhabi draws chadors in black Magic Marker on images of dating-service models.[2]
Entekhabi caused a stir in Lucerne in January 2011 when he stretched red and white barrier tape across the city's Town Hall Bridge without first securing a permit, impeding traffic on a Friday afternoon.[3]
Foundation and Initiated projects[edit]
- WL PROJECT, curatorial and artistic projects, 2006 [1]
- i RAN Home, presentation of contemporary Iranian visual culture in Berlin, 2009 [2]
- UNITY, contemporary art projects against racism in collaboration with UNICEF in Penang, Malaysia, 2009 [3]
- Factory TT, an interdisciplinary network of artists and researchers founded in 2015 by artist Shahram Entekhabi and curator Asieh Salimian. [4]
References[edit]
- ^ Looking For Iran in its Art, Benjamin Sutton, The L Magazine, 5 August 2009
- ^ Iran Inside Out, The New York Times, 23 July 2009
- ^ "Iranischer Künstler sperrt Rathaussteg (Iranian artist blocking Rathaussteg)". Neue Urner Zeitung Online. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
External links[edit]
- Shahram Entekhabi Official Site
- Parasite Architecture Projects – Official Site 2
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