name “Infinite Possibility. Drawings and Works with mirrors 1974-2014 “, the exhibition brings together” some of the first reliefs mirror on plaster and wood, and a series of geometric works with mirrors on a large scale “of the Iranian artist. Who says Suzanne Cotter is, director of the museum of contemporary art Serralves and former curator of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.

“It’s crossing the career of an artist” showing that “the idea of ​​modern art not is part of the West, “says the director of the museum. Suzanne Cotter who was also, at the inauguration of the exhibition in Porto, told reporters have been takes two years to prepare the exhibition that brings together 80 pieces of the artist’s own, mostly owned by our Monir, who were no longer seen since 1970 .

The institution of Serralves stressed in a statement that the exposure of the presentation in New York “is demonstrative of the quality of the curatorial work of the Serralves Museum and also the continued work of internationalization and development ties with the major museums around the world. “

Monir Farmanfarmaian was born in Iran, 90 years ago. In 1944 began to attend the School of Fine Arts of Tehran until when it moved to New York, where he studied and worked as a freelance illustrator of Vogue. In the city that never sleeps befriended other artists such as Milton Avery, Willem de Koonig, Joan Mitchell and Andy Warhol. . He returned to his homeland in 1975 with the desire to explore Iran and deepen their artistic sensibility with traditional artisans

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(source: p3.publico.pt )