Saturday, April 18, 2015

Iranian Artist Monir Farmanfarmain's 1st US Exhibition @ Guggenh. MUST be EXPERIENCED

This is the 1st Amer. exhibition of Iranian artist (b. 1924) Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmain's (Monir) arousing collection of mirrored sculptures.  The exhibit also features large mirror sculptures, geometric strucutres, drawings & mirrored crystal balls.  The crystal balls in particular, bedazzle the eye.  The crystal mirrored ball with emeral green adornments was gifted to the museum by Warhol;  a close friend & confidant.  Flying mainly under the radar, Monir, came to the US from Iran 1945-57 and fraternized with many prominent artists of that era such de Kooning, Newman, Mitchell & Pollack.  Monir's oeuvre is known as geometric minimalism.  She calls her mirrored reliefs and large mirror sculptures "geometric families."  I'd certainly like to take home a number of her breathtaking works. (How did she create most of her works?)  The craftsmanship & ingenuity is utterly bewildering. The galleries housing her art radiate a surreal celestial atmosphere.  The light reflecting off her art is spellbinding and awe inspiring.  Monir returned to Iran in 57 and was exiled in '79 when she returned to the US.  Her work which is only now being shown on a large scale in the states reflect her Iranian heritage and culture.  The exhibit entitled Infinite Possibilities is endlessly fascinating.  It is a show that must be experienced, repeatedly.        

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