OTHER GALLERY (BEIJING SPACE)
NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY (solo)
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| Date | ... closedSep 1, 2011 - Oct 16, 2011 |
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| Venue(s) |
Other Gallery (Beijing Space) (Beijing, China) |
| Curator(s) | Raúl Zamudio |
| Artist(s) | Shahram Entekhabi |
| Organizer(s) |
Other Gallery (Beijing Space) (Beijing, China) |
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EXHIBITION SYNOPSIS
About Nothing Gold Can Stayby Raúl Zamudio
Nothing Gold Can Stay is a solo exhibition by Iranian-born, Berlin-based artist Shahram Entekhabi. The exhibition’s title is from one of the most celebrated poems by Robert Frost. Consisting of only eight lines with that last being “nothing gold can stay,” Frost’s opus is not only stripped down to the most essential but uses gold as metaphor to lament the fall from Eden via a tree’s fecund beauty and eventual decay. But beauty is used by Frost to underscore its temporality and fleeting characteristic, and thus the poem’s subtext is that we should concerns ourselves with loftier endeavors during our brief, human existence. Shahram Entekhabi thematically uses Frost’s poem to investigate value as well as other themes but within a contemporary context. Whereas Frost alluded to nature to question society’s material pursuits, Entekhabi challenges the premium placed on oil as global commodity, shines light on cultural misunderstandings between East and West, as well as commenting on the condition of exile that the artist finds himself living as a foreigner in Berlin. The exhibition consists of painting, work-on-paper, video, and sculpture.
EXHIBITED WORKS (16)
Hand(Series: works with no series), 2011
Metal, 1700x600x500mm
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
Watching(Series: works with no series), 2007
installation, video, 5:06
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
Untitled #1(Series: works with no series), 2011
painting, Pencil and Metal on Paper, 1200x820mm
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
Circle(Daiere)(Series: Circle (Daire) and 8:1), 2011
installation, video, 2:16
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
No.3 NAFT(Series: Kerosine), 2011
painting, Ballpen and Metal on Paper, 400x320mm
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
No.1 Oil(Series: Kerosine), 2011
painting, Ballpen and Metal on Paper, 400x320mm
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
(Series: Kerosine), 2011
painting, Ink + Color Pencil, Ballpen, Metal on Paper, 1500x750mm
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
Gold Painting(Series: works with no series), 2011
painting, Acrylic on canvas, 1050x770mm
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
(Series: flower), 2005
2100x3000mm
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
(Series: flower), 2005
2100x3000mm
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
Red Painting(Series: works with no series), 2011
painting, Acrylic on canvas, 850x530mm
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
Cobalt Painting(Series: works with no series), 2011
painting, Acrylic on canvas, 850x530mm
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
- Welcome New Year - Other Gallery Collection Exhibition(group)2012.01.07 - 2012.02.19
... closed
Other Gallery (Shanghai Space) (Shanghai, China)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s(Series: works with no series), 2011
680x1000mm
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
8to1(Series: Circle (Daire) and 8:1), 2006
installation, video, 2:16
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
ShahreFarang(Series: works with no series), 2011
video, HD video, color, sound, 20:12
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
LadyGaga(Series: works with no series), 2011
680x1000mm
ARTIST: Shahram Entekhabi
