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The Next Generation: Contemporary Iranian Calligraphy
 
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Aghigi Bakhshayeshi
Mohamad Bozorgi
Habib Faraj Abadi
Hadieh Shafie
Abolfazi Shai
Behrouz Zindashti
 
ABOLFAZI SHAHI
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Though fully trained as a calligrapher, Abolfazi Shai has turned to creating carpets that make playful and ironic statements about Iranian culture. Literature, calligraphy, and carpet making have long been a vibrant part of Persian heritage, and while words are ever present in Persian culture – texts rendered in beautiful calligraphy adorn the mosques and public spaces – it is not common to find them on carpets, as it would be disrespectful for texts to be walked upon. Indeed, it is the intention of the artist for these carpets not to be walked on. Shai, however, uses these carpets as a showcase for texts from popular songs that the women weavers sing while working making a playful statement about popular songs and modern life.

Shai
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Shai
Don't sleep naked on me – it is not good
 
Shai
The more I learned, the less I understand
 
Shai
The Player
 
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