BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1023@test.arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit;VALUE=DATE:20150519 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit;VALUE=DATE:20150524 DTSTAMP:20150420T173259Z URL:https://test.arabamerica.com/events/not-an-arab-spring-taravat-talepas and/ SUMMARY:Not an Arab Spring - Taravat Talepasand DESCRIPTION:ALABAMA\n\n“To create art\, it is imperative for me to be vul nerable. Torment and twist – extract the truth from issues with which I need to deal. However\, I believe that art has to possess an element of co urage in order to provoke change – socially\, intellectually\, and moral ly\, most notable\, in a world where ideas of culture\, political\, and in tellectual activities are evolving\, but not without conflicts affecting g enerations to come.”\n\n-Taravat Talepasand\n\n\n\nbeta pictoris gallery is excited to announce Taravat Talepasand - Not an Arab Spring \, the art ist's first exhibition with the gallery.\n\n\nAs an Iranian woman living i n America\, Talepasand uses the work in Not an Arab Spring to explore how women navigate the myriad boundaries between East and West. Women’s bodi es become surfaces imprinted with the uncertainties left by social and pol itical upheaval\, using the human figure as a treacherous place between na rrative and introspection.\n\nThe exhibition title\, "Not an Arab Spring"\ , reflects on the impossibility of reconciling words\, images\, and object s as subjects. These new works develop a dialogue between artist and viewe r questioning the contortions of cultural associations and how they cross boundaries\, what is tolerable and taboo\, and the fine line between what is real and imagined. In the post-Internet world\, Talepasand reminds us h ow “All eras seem to exist at once” and then challenges familiar perce ptions\, paradigms\, cognitive processes\, and their associated relationsh ips\, hopefully leaving the viewer pondering these ever-conflicting messag es.\n“The relevance of Talepasand’s work and her Not an Arab Spring ex hibition\,” beta pictoris gallery owner Guido Maus explains\, “lays in the clear stand she takes on condemning the unacceptable system in which women are caught up in in the Middle East\, and ultimately\, in the West a s well.”\nIn 2011\, opposition groups in Iran requested permission from the government to protest. The Ministry of Interior not only refused\, but also increased crackdowns on activists and the opposition parties. Talepa sand considers her Not an Arab Spring as a reaction against the “Rationa lism” of hope and disappointment of Iran and the Arab Spring\, touching on issues of freedom\, dignity\, and social justice.\n\n\nNot an Arab Spri ng opens at beta pictoris gallery on April 17 and runs through May 23\, 20 15. The opening reception will be hosted at beta pictoris from 6:00-8:00 p m on April 17\, with Taravat Talepasand in attendance. The artist is avail able for interviews\; please contact Guido Maus to schedule. High res imag es of the exhibition are available through beta pictoris gallery.\n\n\nTal epasand (b. 1979) earned her MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute\, BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her works can be found in the perman ent collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco\, the de Young M useum of Art (San Francisco)\, and the Orange County Museum of Art (Califo rnia)\, as well as a number of private collections. Talepasand was awarded the 2010 Richard C. Diebenkorn Fellowship.\n\n\nTaravat Talepasand was bo rn 1979 of Iranian parents in Eugene\, Oregon. She retained close family a nd artistic ties to Iran\, Esfehan\, where she was trained in the challeng ing discipline of Persian miniature painting. Paying close attention to th e cultural taboos identified by distinctly different social groups\, parti cularly those of gender\, race and socioeconomic position\, her work refle cts the cross-pollination\, or lack thereof\, in our “modern” society. \n\nTalepasand's works on paper and egg tempera paintings draw on realism to bring a focus on an acceptable beauty and its relationship with art his tory under the guise of traditional Persian painting. Her interest\, howev er\, is in painting a present which is of and intrinsically linked to the past\, making it easily understood by the Iranian and inductive of assumpt ion for the Westerner. “ Since I myself am considered a taboo in that I am a conglomerate of equal\, yet irreconcilable cultural forces\, my work challenges plebeian notions of acceptable behavior\,” says the artist.\n \n\n\nbeta pictoris gallery / Maus Contemporary is a contemporary art gall ery and space dedicated to supporting creativity with a focus on experimen tal and issue driven works. Through representing emerging\, established\, and internationally recognized artists\, the gallery is committed to bring ing a global perspective to contemporary issues and practices across the v isual arts. The program consists of exhibitions\, print publications\, and media outreach.\nhttp://mauscontemporary.com/\n\n\nJoin our mailing list: \nhttp://mauscontemporary.com/contact/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://test.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/04/10407144_10153764182874922_5405829439782734959_n.jpg CATEGORIES:Art/Visual,Community LOCATION:Beta Pictoris Gallery\, 2411 2nd Ave N\, Birmingham\, Alabama\, 35 203\, United States GEO:33.5181517;-86.8002075 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2411 2nd Ave N\, Birmingham \, Alabama\, 35203\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Beta Pictori s Gallery:geo:33.5181517,-86.8002075 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR