02 paintings, The amorous game, Hayv Kahraman's Persian Couple 1 & 2, with Footnotes #96

Hayv Kahraman

Persian Couple 2, c. 2009

Oil on linen

106.7 by 172.7 cm. 42 by 68 in.

Private collection

Sold for 52,920 GBP in October 2022

Hayv Kahraman (American/Iraqi, born 1981)

Persian Couple 1, c. 2009

Paintings, Oil on linen

68 x 42 in. (172.7 x 106.7 cm.)

Private collection

Hayv Kahraman is an Iraqi artist born in 1981. At the age of 11, her family left Baghdad during the Gulf War and settled in Sweden for several years, where her status of refugee became a catalytic experience for her artistic practice. Having studied graphic design at the Accademia di Arte e Design di Firenze, Italy, Kahraman uses a variety of media including sculpture, drawing and painting to address difficult issues relative to gender inequalities, war and the migrant experience. Channeling refined aesthetics inspired from Islamic arts, Art Nouveau and Japanese paintings to confront the viewer with controversial scenes, the artist engages with the notion of femininity in Middle Eastern cultures. Her approach to gender roles and female identity encapsulates how women are persecuted in their own culture through systematic submission to the male gaze, physicality and politics. More on Hayv Kahraman

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