01 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, #14

Rokni Haerizadeh, b. 1978, Iranian

UNTITLED, c. 2006

Acrylic on canvas

149 by 200cm.; 58⅝ by 78¾in.

Private collection

Rokni Haerizadeh (born 1978) is an Iranian artist living and working in Dubai. He participated in the Carnegie International in 2013.

With wit and irony, Rokni Haerizadeh’s exuberant paintings, works on paper, and stop-motion animations incorporate a prodigious range of visual tropes and influences to address contemporary politics in his native Iran and beyond. In But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise (2014–15), he paints over printed stills from YouTube videos and television news broadcasts to create humorous subversions infused with melancholia and critique. Haerizadeh’s works are held in public and private collections, including those of the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; British Museum, London; Tate Modern, London; and Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, India. He also maintains a collaborative practice with his brother Ramin Haerizadeh and childhood friend Hesam Rahmanian. More on Rokni Haerizadeh

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