Hidden Wounds, Paper Bullets: Iranian Contemporary Art
Curated by Elizabeth Little

ARTISTS FEATURED: Taraneh Hemami, Aydin Aghdashloo, Yari Ostovany, Hadieh Shafie, Makan "Max" Emadi, Alina Mnatsakanian, as well as comics and historic political posters from the Hoover Institute at Stanford University.

November 7, 2009-January 10, 2010
Opening Reception: November 7, 2009 7-10pm. Admission is Free.

Events:
November 5 & 6 Press Preview. To arrange a preview call 714-567-7233
November 6, 2009 5-6pm Gallery Talk with the curator and several artists TBD
November 7, 2009 4pm Curator walk-through with Elizabeth Little
November 7, 2009 5-6pm Keynote Speaker: Peter J. Chelkowski
November 7, 2009 8pm Performance Art Piece by Alina Mnatsakanian
NOTE: DECEMBER FILM SCREENING CANCELLED
November 10, 2009 7pmPersepolis
December 5, 2009 5-6pm Panel Discussion with Pepperdine University


On November 7, 2009 the CSUF Grand Central Art Center presents Hidden Wounds, Paper Bullets: Iranian Contemporary Art featuring six artists of Iranian descent. As a result of the Iranian Revolution of the 1970s, the artists participating in this exhibition explore western culture and Iranian traditions through their art. Unified by their cultural experiences, these artists offer insight into a community torn between democratic and theocratic values, and a Persian past and Islamic present. Showing in this exhibition are: Taraneh Hemami, an installation artist from San Francisco, California, Aydin Aghdashloo, fine artist and illustrator from Tehran, Iran, painter Yari Ostovany from Reno, Nevada, Hadieh Shafie, sculptor and painter from Baltimore, Maryland, Makan "Max" Emadi, a painter from Claremont, California, Shadi Ghadirian, a photographer from Tehran, Iran, Alina Mnatsakanian, an installation and performance artist from Switzerland, as well as archival historic images from the Hoover Institute at Stanford University. Coinciding with Hidden Wounds, Paper Bullets are several panel discussions involving Cal State Fullerton Faculty and lectures by Middle Eastern historians. Keynote Speaker Dr. Peter J. Chelkowski received his PhD in Persian Literature from Tehran University and is currently professor of Middle Eastern Studies at New York University. He has traveled the world studying Middle Eastern performance art and religious rituals. Guest curator and historian Elizabeth Little organized this exhibit. She has lived in Cairo, Egypt and studied Middle Eastern and Islamic history at the University of New Mexico.