Sharifi has enlarged traditional Persian miniature paintings and included modern characters and objects from off-road vehicles to satellite dishes. The narratives of figures from Persian aristocratic court culture as well as typical, everyday people show the tension between public and private spaces and the difference between tradition and modernity.
While the Maxiatures include a combination of detailed paintings of miniatures and modern photography, the series “Persian Delights” adopts the same digital concept, although the setting is reduced to a single narrative placed in front of a monochromatic, yet bright, background.
Sharifi was born in Tehran in 1955 and received her master’s in fine arts in photography from the University of Houston in Texas. The artist has been awarded a number of grants in the United States and was recently shortlisted for the Jameel Prize presented by the Albert & Victoria Museum in London. Her work has been exhibited across the United States and is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and the Farjam Collection in Dubai. Sharifi currently lives and works in Houston.
The LTMH Gallery is located at 39 East 78th Street at Madison Avenue in Manhattan. For more information on the exhibit, contact Anahita Varzi at Anahita@ltmhgallery.com.