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Nazanin Moghbeli
Framed abstract Persian calligraphy ink drawing/painting on paper, black & white

2021

$1,900
£1,435.77
€1,657.96
CA$2,654.96
A$2,945.91
CHF 1,543.13
MX$36,124.71
NOK 19,628.06
SEK 18,528.06
DKK 12,364.44
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Nazanin Moghbeli's "Morghe Sahar 2" is framed in a white wood painted frame with white mat. It is wired with all hanging hardware, and is ready to install. Moghbeli is a Persian American artist with training in Persian calligraphy, miniature painting, and music. She borrows techniques from Iranian calligraphy to create abstract drawings with traditional bamboo “ghalams,” or quills. Rather than using these techniques to create religious objects as they were originally used, she explores the secular meaning of line in and of itself. She seeks the complete dissolution of words and prefers instead to create abstract images, her alternative to religious object making. The poem that is collaged into this work is a historic Iranian ballad, entitled "Morghe Sahar" (Bird of Dawn), written by Mohammad-Taqi Bahar and put to music by Morteza Neidavoud in 1921. Some consider this song to be the unofficial anthem of freedom in Iran. The lyrics describe a caged nightingale, urging her to sing with passion and break free. It has been sung in different political contexts, from the constitutional revolution of 1921 through the dictatorship of Mohammad Reza Shah, and throughout the Islamic Revolution, always representing a cry for freedom. Moghbeli grew up during the turbulent years of the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War. In her art, she grapples with her dual identities as an Iranian and American to shed light on what happens when that which seems disparate comes together. The simultaneous contradictory presence of violence and beauty, conflict and harmony, bloodshed and community are central to her work.
  • Creator:
    Nazanin Moghbeli (1974, Iranian)
  • Creation Year:
    2021
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 26.75 in (67.95 cm)Width: 34.5 in (87.63 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Bryn Mawr, PA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1416215257922

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