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Nicky Nodjoumi: Please Sit Down

Past exhibition
November 21, 2018 - January 13, 2019
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Nicky Nodjoumi: Please Sit Down

Barakat Contemporary is pleased to host the exhibition Please Sit Down by Iranian-American artist Nicky Nodjoumi from 21st November 2018 to 13th January 2019.

 

For over 40 years, Nodjoumi has built a very political and profound artistic world whose theme is the relationship between power and violence. Nodjoumi’s works are housed in major galleries around the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, British Museum, DePaul Art Museum in Chicago, National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana, and his entire oeuvre has received renewed attention since his recent, first solo exhibition in Europe.

 

The keywords of his artistic realm are “ambiguity” and “drama.” Here, “ambiguity” refers not to the absence of a stance but to the possibility of observing and expanding objects with multilayered meanings. The possibility of expansion through such multilayered arrangements is applied to the development of themes linked to the artist’s identity as well. Nodjoumi has led a life that, in one sense, “drifts” between Iran, his native country, and the United States, where he has lived for nearly 40 years. Reflecting on his life of wandering in a strange land, the artist intentionally expands the scope of his pictorial narratives to universal human experiences.

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Installation Views
  • Please Sit Down, 2018, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    Please Sit Down, 2018, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

  • Please Sit Down, 2018, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    Please Sit Down, 2018, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

  • Please Sit Down, 2018, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    Please Sit Down, 2018, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

  • Please Sit Down, 2018, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    Please Sit Down, 2018, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

  • Please Sit Down, 2018, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    Please Sit Down, 2018, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

  • Please Sit Down, 2018, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    Please Sit Down, 2018, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

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Works
  • Nicky Nodjoumi Please Sit Down, 2018 Oil on canvas 221 x 173 cm
    Nicky Nodjoumi
    Please Sit Down, 2018
    Oil on canvas
    221 x 173 cm
  • Nicky Nodjoumi Untitled III - From the Environmental Series, 2018 oil on canvas 178 x 127 cm
    Nicky Nodjoumi
    Untitled III - From the Environmental Series, 2018
    oil on canvas
    178 x 127 cm
  • Nicky Nodjoumi Silenced, 2017 Oil on canvas 216 x 165 cm
    Nicky Nodjoumi
    Silenced, 2017
    Oil on canvas
    216 x 165 cm
  • Nicky Nodjoumi Untitled I — From the Environmental Series, 2018 Oil on canvas 178 x 127 cm
    Nicky Nodjoumi
    Untitled I — From the Environmental Series, 2018
    Oil on canvas
    178 x 127 cm
  • Nicky Nodjoumi Tea in the Afternoon, 2012 Ink on paper, triptych 216 x 274.5 cm
    Nicky Nodjoumi
    Tea in the Afternoon, 2012
    Ink on paper, triptych
    216 x 274.5 cm
  • Nicky Nodjoumi In the programmatic Fashion, 2015 Oil on canvas 79 x 79 cm
    Nicky Nodjoumi
    In the programmatic Fashion, 2015
    Oil on canvas
    79 x 79 cm
  • Nicky Nodjoumi Obsession with content, 2015 Oil on canvas 216 x 165 cm
    Nicky Nodjoumi
    Obsession with content, 2015
    Oil on canvas
    216 x 165 cm
  • Nicky Nodjoumi Path Leading to Complex Landscape, 2015 Oil on canvas 244 x 305 cm
    Nicky Nodjoumi
    Path Leading to Complex Landscape, 2015
    Oil on canvas
    244 x 305 cm
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Videos
  • Nicky Nodjoumi—Please Sit Down

    Nicky Nodjoumi—Please Sit Down

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Press
  • KOR | Painting, The Secret of the World

    Art in Culture, Sunyoung Lee, January 1, 2019
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  • Nicky Nodjoumi challenges power with art

    Korea Joongang Daily, Soyoung Moon, December 13, 2018
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  • KOR | A Chair and a Long Stick...Accusation of Abuse of Power

    MK News, Jihyun Jeon, December 6, 2018
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  • KOR | "Master of Contemporary Iranian Art," Nicky Nodjoumi: "If You're an Artist, You Need to Have a Political and Socia

    Herald Economic, Hanbit Lee, November 21, 2018
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  • KOR | Behind Abstract Painting, Look at the "Face of Power"

    Yunhap News, Aran Lee, November 21, 2018
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  • KOR | "The Problem is the Person in Power"...Nicky Nodjoumi, "Please Sit Down"

    Newsis, Hyunjoo Park, November 19, 2018
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