Exhibition
Darvish Fakhr presents No Man's Land
19 Apr 2018 – 27 Apr 2018
Asia House
London, United Kingdom
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Darvish Fakhr
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Darvish Fakhr, Desert 9
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Darvish Fakhr, Desert 2
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Darvish Fakhr, Star Cluster
Event
No Man's Land: Talk and Silent Disco by Darvish Fakhr
19 Apr 2018
Event times
6-10pm (Talk 6.45pm - 7.30pm, followed by silent disco until 10pm)
Cost of entry
£12 general, £10 concessions and £6 Asia House members book tickets at www.asiahousearts.org
Exhibition is free to attend, daily 10am – 6pm until the 27th of April
Address
- 63 New Cavendish St
- London
England - W1G 7LP
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Oxford Circus, Regents Park, Great Portland Street, Bond Street
Event map
On the 19th of April at Asia House, Iranian-American artist Darvish Fakhr will inaugurate his latest exhibition, No Man’s Land, with a talk by acclaimed British dancer and choreographer Akram Khan MBE and a silent disco event in celebration of artistic freedom, movement and space.
About
Inspired by Creative Revolution: No Man's Land, Darvish Fakhr
On the 19th of April at Asia House, Iranian-American artist Darvish Fakhr will inaugurate his latest exhibition, No Man’s Land, with a talk by acclaimed British dancer and choreographer Akram Khan MBE and a silent disco event in celebration of artistic freedom, movement and space.
Movement is a key part of creative practice for Fakhr, who refers to his studio as his cosmic gym, an aphorism reflective of his process, which involves working with his body as well as paint. Through predominantly oil paintings and charcoal drawings, the exhibition is inspired by Iranian protest installation The Stone Garden and examines ideas about space, boundaries and the tension caused by power imbalance.
No Man’s Land references the remarkable story of the deaf-mute Iranian farmer Darvish Esfandiarpour and his silent rebellion against the land reforms of the 1960s. When his land was confiscated during the White Revolution of the Shah of Iran’s regime in 1963, he enacted a unique form of resistance. Over almost have a century, he assembled heavy stones on dead trees, giving birth to the Stone Garden - a site of both devastation and rebirth where he performed ceremonial dances as part of his unique emotional response.
The exhibition's inaugural event will begin with a talk by Akram Khan MBE, to be followed by a silent disco, during which the audience will be encouraged to move freely. Like Esfandiarpour, who was deaf and mute, they will be given a space to experiment with the motion of the body in space.
