Negar Nahidian
Showing the woman in the center from two different angles and inverting the colors makes me think that the identity is about how country’s can be so two faced. Every one seems to be very nice and polite on side, but behind closed doors some people act completely different. It has to be a different country because the girl is some sort of bandana, and her hair seems to be styled with some kind of jewelry.
I like the image because it reminds of dream but yet it is very real. Some the aspect displayed in the image are confusing. But it makes for an interesting image and adds to dream like feel through out the image. Even though this was not best image it was the one I was attracted to the most.
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Drew, your observations were really interesting because Negar is a female artist who grew up in Iran and is in Washington, D.C. now. It seems natural for her to address that part of her own identity with this woman (is it her??) who touches two cultures.
- Heather
I'm Negar and yes the image is a self portrait. I was inspired by the poet Rumi title "the great mystery"
It's about life and death. you can see the text in the background.
this is digital Printmaking piece.
Inside the great mystery that is,
we don't really own anything.
What is this competition we feel then,
before we go, one a t a time, through the same gate?
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