As the first gallery devoted to Iranian art opens in Britain, we go behind the scenesA giant canvas depicting the union jack overpowers the entrance to Cama Gallery in London. Here, at the first gallery in London to be dedicated to Iranian art, Omidi’s multilayered calligraphy was, he said, “a plea for peace and cultural understanding”. A Londoner who studied anthropology of art at Goldsmith’s, he became interested in Iranian art after dating a woman from the country. That’s the difference between international politics and the role that art can play.”Cama aims to be an Iranian gallery in the west, Frost said, rather than a gallery in the west selling Iranian art. I think that’s archetypal with Iranian art.”

Source: The Guardian April 05, 2018 12:22 UTC