“Reoriented”, April 18 – May 16, 2023

Reoriented is a nod to and rejection of orientalism, a concept that has long been used in
discourses surrounding Iranian art. The term refers to a style of imagining. marginalizing, and
controlling an imagined East. The works in Reoriented individually and collectively reject the
stereotypical markers of exotification perpetuated by orientalism, hereby generating new
perspectives on the themes presented and reorienting art history.
Ranging from painting to print to mixed media, the included artworks explore themes such as
day-to-day life in Iran, migration, diasporic identity, generational trauma, gender inequity, and
appropriation. This exhibition is consciously occurring in conjunction with the contemporary
revolution taking place in lran. Zan, Zendegi, Azadi. Woman, Life, Freedom.