Sara Rahbar

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Sara Rahbar
سارا رهبر
Sara Rahbar 2019.jpg
Born1976 (age 46–47)
Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Education
Known forMixed media art
Notable workThe Flag Series
Styleassemblage
Website www.sararahbar.com

Sara Rahbar (born 1976) is a contemporary artist. Her work ranges from photography to sculpture to installation, all of which reveal and transform the artist's personal experiences and are intimately autobiographical. Her work explores concepts of nationalism, separation and belonging - driven by central ideas of pain, violence and the complexity of the human condition. Compelled by an instinctual obsession to piece together and dissect, her approach is reflective of her need to deconstruct her emotions and memories.

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She constructs her work using collected objects such as; military personal memorabilia, flags, weapons, tools and various collected objects. Sewing them onto textiles and attaching them to wood and metal. As the collected objects begin to get larger and heavier the canvases become tougher and more densely constructed until the objects take over and take on a life of their own. Very organically, the work becomes predominantly sculpture, the results carrying both literal and metaphoric weight. There is a juxtaposition between the iconographic elements that are ever-present in her work and the materials that she actively collects. It narrates a dialogue that directly ties to the objects and symbols in which we place faith. Her many compositions form and act as a tangible, physical cacophony of the relationship between individual and society. She is based in New York. [1]

Biography

Sara Rahbar was born in 1976 in Tehran, Iran. [2] In 1982, Rahbar and her family left Iran in the beginning of the Iranian Revolution and the early stages of the Iran-Iraq War, [3] These experiences left many traumatic memories that have influenced her work. [4] [5]

Rahbar studied at Fashion Institute of Technology [6] from 1996 until 2000 [7] and in 2004 she continued her education at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. [3] [7]

The first body of work that created international recognition for the artist was the Flag Series (2005–2019), in which traditional fabrics and objects are reworked as collages that form various incarnations of the American and Iranian flag, exploring ideas of national belonging, as well as the conflicting role of flags as symbols of ideological and nationalistic violence. [8] [9]

Rahbar's work is in various public museum collections including Centre Pompidou, [10] British Museum, [11] Davis Museum at Wellesley College, [12] [13] among others.

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

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References

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  2. ↑ "Past Exhibitions - Sara Rahbar: Carry Me Home". Dallas Contemporary. 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  3. 1 2 "Personal History Sara Rahbar". ArtAsiaPacific. Retrieved 2016-03-20. true story of Sara Rahbar, her father, mother and baby brother as they fled Iran in 1982. In the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and during the early stages of the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88), Rahbar's parents decided to escape.
  4. ↑ "Sara Rahbar's latest works delve into the hard facts of life and love". The National. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  5. ↑ Baker, Tamzin (2010-06-15). "Fighting Flags". Guernica Magazine of Art & Politics. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  6. ↑ Albertz, Thorsten (2010-11-01). "ArtAsiaPacific: Personal History Sara Rahbar". artasiapacific.com. Retrieved 2017-06-20. Rahbar studied design at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology and in 2004 she continued her studies at London's Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.
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  9. ↑ "Piecing America Together". Hyperallergic. 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  10. ↑ "Musée national d'art moderne – Centre Pompidou". 2020-02-25.
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