Soheila Sokhanvari - Rebel, Rebel

ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark

13 January to 2 June 2024

 

Sokhanvari's first solo exhibition in Denmark presents 21 miniature portraits of previously famous Iranian women, including Vida Ghahremani, the first woman to be kissed in close-up in an Iranian film, Forough Farrokhzad, a controversial, modernist poet, and the prominent writer Simin Dāneshvar. The exhibition's title, Rebel Rebel, refers to David Bowie's cult song from 1974 and is a tribute to the portrayed women pursuing their careers in a society that followed the art and style of the West, but not its freedoms.

 

 With its five galleries and an entire floor dedicated to installation art, every year ARoS presents significant national and international artists as well as exhibitions with art from ARoS' own collection. But ARoS is much more than art. It is a gathering place in the middle of the city and a universe for everyone who wants to expand their horizons

 

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November 17, 2023