Ali Banisadr: The World Upside Down

The World Upside Down, Ali Banisadr’s first solo exhibition in Germany, features two comprehensive bodies of work by the artist. By this title he references the philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin and his concept of carnival as a subversive event that inverts structures of power.

In the twelve new paintings exhibited, Ali Banisadr examine the order of theatrical and social archetypes and distorts them to create a carnivalesque disruption. The works, produced on paper, are the largest ever created by the artist and introduce a new personal and almost three dimensional style.