![]() Through her work, Khosravi critically addresses and challenges these historically gendered hierarchies that continue today. Her architectural spaces are inspired by the illuminated manuscripts and miniature paintings of the Persian Safavid dynasty (1501–1736), which portrayed women in subservient or secondary roles. Recurring themes permeate Khosravi’s oeuvre the covering of women’s mouths and eyes, an attempt to police their speech and vision red, gold, and black string birds emblems of confinement and restrictions balls and chains all situated within tight architectural spaces. The Rose Art Museum proudly presents this comprehensive survey, showcasing Khosravi’s immense talent and impactful art.” Her richly symbolic works critically explore women’s oppression and their self-empowerment. “Over the last seven years, she has developed a unique hybrid style that pushes the boundaries between painting and sculpture. “Khosravi’s powerful feminist imagery could not be more relevant as we witness the Iranian regime’s extreme brutality in response to the brave resistance of women and artists chanting ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ in cities across Iran,” said Ankori. Gannit Ankori, Henry and Lois Foster Director and Chief Curator, Black Rain will trace Khosravi’s development as an artist from her Muslim Ban series, painted on her expired Iranian passports, alongside over a dozen new reliefs and monumental sculptures created especially for the exhibition. 1984) has become known for weaving Persian motifs with surreal iconography, creating ghostly, enigmatic artworks that thematize gender, censorship, power, and cultural transience. June 2023) - Arghavan Khosravi: Black Rain, on view at the Rose Art Museum from August 3 through October 22 in the Lois Foster Wing, is the Iranian artist’s first comprehensive museum survey. Courtesy the arts and Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York. ![]() Purchased with gift from Joseph Nguyen and Tamie Tong, 2021.28. Acrylic and cement on cotton canvas wrapped over shaped wood panel, wood cutout, elastic cord.
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