New Art by Artist Negar Ahkami at Jen Bekmann's 20x200 Art Site

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Backsplash by Negar Ahkami, 11"x14" ($60) | 16"x20" ($240) | 24"x30" ($1,200)

NEW YORK---Today we're featuring a brand new to 20x200 artist, painter Negar Ahkami. As a first-generation American born to Iranian parents, Ahkami's work is heavily influenced both by Persian-Islamic traditions and Western notions of the individual, personal emotions and experimentation. Like many children born to immigrant parents, Negar Ahkami's contemplations on the duality of her identity continue to inform her life—and work. She uses her art to select the aspects of each culture she wants to own, on her own terms. In Backsplash, sapphire textures and patterns sweep the frame, reflecting the influence of Persian-Islamic art on Negar's work. The stylized representation and symbolism are reminiscent of beautifully illuminated Persian manuscripts, decorative tiles and rugs. But the painting is also uniquely Western and of her imagination—a work that is emotional and impossible to categorize. [link]