• Abbas Akhavan

  

  Abbas Akhavan’s seemingly straightforward “Untitled” features concrete blocks that showcase the artist’s long-time preoccupation with the environment, animals, weapons and property.

• Rana Begum

  

  Rana Begum’s steel “Fold” works delicately emulate the weightlessness of paper. “What I hope to create with my work is movement, an experience of walking through the city, of seeing the random,” the artist said.

• Laleh Khorramian

  

  Using her signature mono-typing technique, Laleh Khorramian’s “Landscape Scroll” explores the human condition and a offers sense of unknown mysticism.

• Farhad Moshiri

  

  In his monochromatic “First Snow” series, Farhad Moshiri uses his signature technique of hand-embroidering beads to illustrate photos he’s taken of a heavily snowed-in landscape outside of his studio.

• Hayv Kahraman

  

  Hayv Kahraman’s “Search: Ask One Prisoner to Come Close to Translate for Others” is connected to the artist’s past as an Iraqi immigrant. The deliberately punctured canvas is testament to the trauma of her experiences.

• Sophia Al-Maria

  

  Sophia Al-Maria’s “Everything Must Go” is a critical parody of consumerist culture that joins together the disconnected worlds of the military and cosmetic industries.