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Shahryar
Hatami
Opening
at
Aaran
Gallery
on
18th
December
2015
One
of
the
distinguishing
aspects
of
my
practice
is
to
challenge
observation
and
visual
perception.
Subject
matters
that
I
choose
vary
from
contemporary
issues
to
classical
art.
References
to
art
history
and
the
history
of
seeing
are
inseparable
to
my
art.
Yet,
I do
not
put
art
history
on a
pedestal
as
references
are
not
there
to
be
praised
or
to
give
joy;
they
rather
work
against
each
other.
That
is
why
details
are
so
important
in
my
work.
Each
of
my
works
has
a
different
subject
matter
as I
do
not
make
series.
Recently
I
mix
painting
and
sculpture
with
mechanical
machines
that
question
the
nature
of
painting
and
sometimes
go
against
the
nature
of
creation
and
even
ruin
it.
Shahryar
Hatami
December
2015
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