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'''Rokni Haerizadeh''' (born 1978, [[Tehran]]) is an [[Iran]]ian artist living and working in [[Dubai]]. |
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==Life and career== |
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Rokni Haerizadeh grew up in Tehran, and began painting at an early age. He studied Fine Art at the [[University of Tehran]], and subsequently received his M.A. in Painting and a certificate in Writing from the Islamic Ministry of Culture and Guidance. |
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Haerizadeh and his brother artist Ramin have participated in exhibitions internationally for several years, and have been living in exile in Dubai since spring 2009. The brothers were in [[Paris]] for their participation in the exhibition ‘Raad-o-Bargh’ at Thaddeaus Ropac Gallery when they were warned not to return to Iran after their works were confiscated from a collector. The same year, the Haerizadeh brothers participated in ‘Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East’ at the [[Saatchi Gallery]], [[London]]. |
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The artists have since been living in Dubai, where they are represented by Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde.<ref>http://www.ivde.net</ref> |
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Rokni Haerizadeh participates in the [[Carnegie International]] 2013, a global survey of contemporary art. |
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==Artistic Practice== |
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Haerizadeh works in painting, [[collage]], [[sculpture]] and [[rotoscoping]]. He explores human behavior by observing the often hypocritical, incongruous rituals within societies, ranging from marriages to religious festivals, protests and funerals. |
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“The settings for these often overly-elaborate and coded ceremonies has been, variously, decadent and corrupt nineteenth-century Iran, the dingy margines of the contemporary European city, or even the glittering metropolis of Dubai”.<ref>Negar Azimi, 2013, ‘Work in Progress – Rokni Haerizadeh’</ref> In recent years he has begun making stop-motion rotoscopes, in which he strings together hundreds of frames from [[YouTube]] footage which he has manipulated through hand-painting. His video ‘Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes so Different, so Appealing?’ was exhibited at the [[Sharjah Biennial]] in 2010 and at [[Art Basel]], Art Statements in 2012, and is in the [[Tate Collection]]. |
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‘Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes so Different, so Appealing?’ is part of Haerizadeh’s most well known body of work – the ‘Fictionville’ series. ‘Fictionville’ started based on footage from the Iranian protests in 2009. The work raises questions about the culture of popular unrest <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/arts/13iht-rartdubai13.html?_r=0</ref> and the spectacle of violence. Fictionville “is an attempt to establish some artistic discourse on the current era of unrest. In an intoxicating popular culture built on protest, self-made videos and civilian heroes, reality, the work seems to suggest, has been lost in this search for almost religious moral certitude on both sides of the struggle.” <ref>Chris Lord, 2011, ‘Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?’</ref> |
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Haerizadeh’s new video is based on footage from the recent British Royal Wedding. “The ceremony was, of course, a spectacle that brought he country to a screeching halt as millions turned to their televisions to witness the rich in their pyramids take part in an elaborately arcane, if not outright feudal tradition…. [Haerizadeh’s] work will represent an unlikely, in not maudlin, take on this exploding piñata of privilege.” <ref>Negar Azimi, 2013, ‘Work in Progress – Rokni Haerizadeh’</ref> |
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==Collections== |
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Haerizadeh is in a number of notable collections globally, namely the [[Tate Modern]], [[London, UK]], [[Rosenblum]] Collection, [[Paris, France]], Tehran [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran]], Iran, Charles [[Saatchi Collection]], London, UK, [[JP Morgan]] Collection, NY, USA, Devi Art Foundation, [[Delhi, India]], [[British Museum, London]], UK, [[Francois Pinault]] Collection, Paris, France, Farjam Foundation, Dubai, UAE, Rubell Family Collection, [[Florida, USA]], UCCA, [[Beijing]].{{cite needed|date=July 2013}} |
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==References== |
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| NAME = Haerizadeh, Rokni |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Iranian artist |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1978 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Tehran |
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[[Category:Iranian artists]] |
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[[Category:People from Tehran]] |
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[[Category:1978 births]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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