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"......Like ancient Persia, Iran has had a long, creative and glorious history. The artists who participated in 'Lion under the Rainbow' are accustomed to the ideological content of representations imposed by their country's history and heritage yet they appear to be exploring the staggering diversity of creative voices as a mode of combative resistance and a passport to greater mobility. Issues of identity, of gender, of the relationship between the sexes, of the prescribed image of the west and the social and political condition of their country, together with the fantastic world of Persian poetry, tradition and the world of fantasy, seem to mark the reality and the personal experience of the artists in the exhibition...... "

Extract from KAPUT Art Magazine on a recent group exhibition -Lion under the Rainbow- Athens 22 May - 22 June 2008 - Margarita Kataga

The whole interview can be found on the website of KAPUT Art magazine.

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