Anahita Razmi's artwork "I WANNA BE PART OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT" features a stark black-and-white composition divided symmetrically along the vertical axis, creating a visually compelling contrast. The central figure, whose form is split into inverted colors, embodies themes of duality and cultural intersection. Razmi employs a minimalist style with precise visual dichotomy to explore identity and cultural appropriation. The piece reflects on cultural perceptions between the West and the Middle East, highlighting Iran's complex political and social landscape. ...
Her video, installation and performance works focus on issues of identity and gender and examine processes of cultural appropriation in which the meanings of existing images, artefacts and thus identities are put into question by situating them in another context. Razmi often uses strategies of disarrangement to consider structures of perception within consumer and pop culture against the background of different communities between ‘the West’ and ‘the Middle East’. The Islamic Republic of Iran, with its current political and social conditions and relations, remains an open, ambivalent point of reference. ...
CARBON 12 was established in 2008, initiating a comprehensive, firmly global, program of institution-grade artists. Internationally active, Carbon 12 continuously introduces and promotes both established and emerging artists to the
UAE contemporary art scene, supplementing its 6-8 annual exhibitions with diverse contextual activities including
publications and talks that actively engage the public and educational institutions. The playful, organic process that
constitutes the creative production of Carbon 12’s artist base is facilitated and mirrored by its location in Al Quoz. ...
