Ayyam Gallery DIFC, Dubai, is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of Iranian artist Afshin Pirhashemi, who will present The Wrong Women, a series of 12 new paintings.
Pirhashemi is fascinated by the role of women in contemporary Iranian society, and their relationships with the world around them. His monochrome paintings are dominated by female figures swathed in black, veiled and glamorously-attired. The women he depicts are far from submissive; they are independent, confident, and sexually aware, seemingly defying the conservative dress and values of Iranian society. With bold and often almost contemptuous gazes, they take ownership of their own bodies.
