Art and Satire in Iran

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Siddhartha Mitter
WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

Ardeshir Mohassess: Art and Satire in Iran is the first major U.S. retrospective of Mohassess's work. The self-taught artist presents 70 monochromatic ink drawings that comment on Iran’s social, political and cultural life before and after the 1979 revolution.

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