Fereydoun Ave: Shah Abbas and his Page Boy

Iranian artist is having a new show at Rossi&Rossi gallery. On view, eight large quilts, sourced from Tehran’s bazaars and layered with fabrics collected by the artist over decades, create the backdrop for Ave’s characteristic collage-paintings.
The work takes inspiration from the Western avant-garde and it is also linked to contemporary art when reflects the work of Warhol, Rauschenberg or Twombly, for example.