A SOLO EXHIBITION BY ALI DADGAR

At: Articultural Gallery
10469 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, Ca 90025
310.481.9052
(We are located in West LA, one block west of Beverly Glen)
Contact: Farzad Karimi, Gallery Director

From March 6 to March 31
Opening reception Saturday March 6- from 8 to 11 PM (meet the artist)
Regular gallery hours are Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 6 PM or by appointment

This exhibit presents a selection of works from Recent Antiquities, the latest series of paintings by Ali Dadgar. Inspired by Pre-Islamic and Islamic Iranian art and design, American Modernism and popular culture, Recent Antiquities wrestles with questions of history and tradition.

The use of silkscreen in his paintings defines Dadgar’s own distinct visual vocabulary. His paintings are populated by historical and mythic figures from his native Iran, and rich in cultural references that negotiate between eastern and western aesthetic and cultural traditions.

An established Bay Area artist, Ali Dadgar was born and raised in Iran and immigrated to the United States in 1977. He studied painting, drawing and printmaking at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California. He regularly exhibits his visual works at local, regional and national shows. Dadgar, who is also a performance artist, has been an active member of the Berkeley-based Iranian theatre company DARVAG for the past 18 years and collaborates with various performance groups around the Bay Area.