Friday, September 15
10:00 a.m. PT
Speakers: Mohammad Barrangi, Artist; Ladan Akbarnia, Ph.D., Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, The San Diego Museum of Art; and Roshi Rahnama, Founder and Director of ADVOCARTSY, an Iranian contemporary art platform and gallery
Virtual Event
Gain new insights in contemporary Iranian art through UK-based Iranian artist Mohammad Barrangi, whose layered artistic practice combines contemporary printmaking with Iranian illustrated manuscript traditions to explore narratives about personal experience and identity as well as more universal themes. Much of the artist’s repertoire carries an extra layer relating directly to his experience as an immigrant trying to find their way in a diasporic world, but all of Barrangi’s work is layered with elements added at random in a deliberate manner to create the final collage. The Museum acquired Migration, its first work by Barrangi, in 2021 with funds raised by the Museum’s Patrons of the Arts of Iran and the Persian Cultural Center (PCC) of San Diego.
Hear the artist in conversation with Ladan Akbarnia, Ph.D., Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art at the Museum, and Roshi Rahnama, Founder and Director of ADVOCARTSY, an Iranian contemporary art platform and gallery. After a brief introduction of the artist and Ms. Rahnama, Dr. Akbarniawill present questions and topics for discussion with the artist about his work and artistic practice, including an opportunity to introduce an upcoming live art installation by Barrangi in October.
Save your spot for the online guest lecture by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link and instructions via email once you secure your place. Space is limited.
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Plan ahead! The Docent Council Guest Lecture on October 20 will be available online and in person.
Dreamscapes: Mohammad Barrangi in Conversation with Dr. Ladan Akbarnia and Roshi Rahnama is presented as a part of the Docent Council Guest Lecture Series, which focuses on works of art on view in the Museum as well as topics of interest in the broader art world. Lectures are followed by docent-led virtual tours.
This lecture is sponsored by The San Diego Museum of Art Docent Council and made possible through the cultural partnership with the Farhang Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in LA dedicated to promoting Iranian arts and culture.
Featured: Mohammad Barrangi, Migration (detail), 2018. Reverse transfer printmaking on raw canvas. Purchased with funds provided by Gita Khadiri and Fred Khoroushi, Patrons of the Arts of Iran, and Persian Cultural Center, 2021.50.
