Shahram Entekhabi (Persian: شهرام انتخابی), born 1963 is an Iranian-born video and installation artist.
Work
He participated in a group exhibition at the Chelsea Arts Museum, where his contribution was sex worker calling cards to which he had added full veils.[1] In July 2009, The New York Times wrote in an art review, Iran Inside Out, regarding a similar piece, Shahram Entekhabi draws chadors in black Magic Marker on images of dating-service models."[2]
Entekhabi caused a stir in Lucerne in January 2011 when he stretched red and white barrier tape across the city's Town Hall Bridge without first securing a permit, impeding traffic on a Friday afternoon.[3]
Foundation and Initiated projects
- WL PROJECT, curatorial and artistic projects, 2006 [1]
- i RAN Home, presentation of contemporary Iranian visual culture in Berlin, 2009 [2]
- UNITY, contemporary art projects against racism in collaboration with UNICEF in Penang, Malaysia, 2009 [3]
References
- ^ Looking For Iran in its Art, Benjamin Sutton, The L Magazine, 5 August 2009
- ^ Iran Inside Out, The New York Times, 23 July 2009
- ^ "Iranischer Künstler sperrt Rathaussteg (Iranian artist blocking Rathaussteg)". Neue Urner Zeitung Online. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
External links
- Shahram Entekhabi Official Site
- Parasite Architecture Projects – Official Site 2