Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian was a prominent Iranian artist and significant member of the mid-20th Century New York art scene. They combined Western geometric abstraction with the beautiful cut-mirror stylings found in Āina-kāri, a traditional craft technique of Iran. Farmanfarmaian was inspired by the infinity of geometry, the lines and shapes that she found in old mosques, rendered in tile, wood, metal and plaster. The artist’s combining of the two styles, which originate from vastly different cultures – and her creation of artworks greater than the sum of their parts, elevating both the practice of Āina-kāri and abstraction – represented a cultural collision and hybridity felt and exemplified by the diaspora. ...

Founded in 2005, The Third Line is a Dubai-based gallery that represents contemporary artists locally, regionally, and internationally. A pioneering platform for established talent and emerging voices from the region and its diaspora, The Third Line has built a dynamic program that explores the diversity of practice in the region. Represented artists include: Abbas Akhavan, Ala Ebtekar, Amir H. Fallah, Farah Al Qasimi, Farhad Moshiri, Fouad Elkoury, Hassan Hajjaj, Hayv Kahraman, Huda Lutfi, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Jordan Nassar, Laleh Khorramian, Lamya Gargash, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Nima Nabavi, Pouran Jinchi, Rana Begum, Sahand Hesamiyan, Sara Naim, Sherin Guirguis, Shirin Aliabadi, Slavs and Tatars, Sophia Al-Maria, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, yasiin bey, Youssef Nabil and Zineb Sedira. ...