From the studio
Films from the studio Short films of the new work, the studio and the exhibitions, in Anahita’s own words — as she shares them on Instagram.
Contemporary art is so beautiful and so fearless that if you look closely you sink into it — and find yourself telling your own story there. Plays from Instagram In my paintings I have tried to portray the hidden face of each character. Sometimes these faces hide behind a mask that contradicts them. Plays from Instagram Every person lives between two faces: the one they show the world and the one they keep in silence. For me, painting is a search to bring that hidden part to light. Plays from Instagram Plays from Instagram I take my subjects from the people I see. I watch their behaviour, their reactions and their silences. What would you call this painting? Plays from Instagram Plays from Instagram What was the first feeling this painting gave you? Plays from Instagram Art, for me, is one of the forces that shape identity and cultural life. Look at works of art, live in the moment — and go to galleries as often as you can. Plays from Instagram More on Instagram @anahita.irmanesh