MeCONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ARTIST SHADY ESHGHI شادی عشقی BURLESQUE SAINTS “Painting taught literature to describe.” - Orhan pamuk, My Name is Red
These are portraits of fellow artists during my residency at Oolite Arts (Art Center / South Florida). Influenced by Orhan Pamuk's award winning novel "My Name is Red", this is my homage not only to that of fellow artists, but also to the bygone era of eastern miniatures. "My Name Is Red" recounts the altruistic lifestyle of Turkish miniaturist artists at a conflicting age when Islam prohibited portraiture labeling it iconoclastic. This was an era in which the "Infidel Art" of the Renaissance was sending shock waves throughout the Islamic world, and artists were regarded as 'fuels for the fires of hell'. Pamuk's artists led a life of duality and internal clash which I strongly resonate to. Saint Barbara Rivera - Mixed Media on Canvas - 20 x 20 x 0.5 inches  Saint Matu Croney - Mixed Media on Canvas - 20 x 20 x 0.5 inches  Saint J. Kevin Foltz - Mixed Media on Canvas - 20 x 20 x 0.5 inches  Saint Kathy Kissik - Mixed Media on Canvas - 20 x 20 x 0.5 inches  Saint Kristen Thiele - Mixed Media on Canvas - 20 x 20 x 0.5 inches  Saint David Zalben - Mixed Media on Canvas - 20 x 20 x 0.5 inches  Saint Leila A. Leder kremer - Mixed Media on Canvas - 20 x 20 x 0.5 inches  Saint Franklin Sinanan - Mixed Media on Canvas - 20 x 20 x 0.5 inches  Saint Wendy Coad - Mixed Media on Canvas - 20 x 20 x 0.5 inches  Saint Robert W. Wilson - Mixed Media on Canvas - 20 x 20 x 0.5 inches  Saint Alfonso Corona - Mixed Media on Canvas - 20 x 20 x 0.5 inches (not available)  Art Center/SouthFlorida's 'Burlesque Saints' at the Art Center Gallery - Photo courtesy of Robert Wilson  |