Exhibitions | Jangzadeh (‘Victim of War’)
1 September - 29 October 2006
Education Gallery
Jangzadeh (‘Victim of War’)
Contemporary Works
by Mohsen Keiany
Harrowing personal experiences of war, torture and death illuminate the powerful art of Mohsen Keiany. Having grown up in a culture of conflict — Mohsen fought against Saddam Hussein’s troops in the Iran/Iraq war at the age of just 14, and saw friends tortured and killed — he sought to recover from a breakdown through his painting. Arriving in Birmingham in 2000, he became involved with a refugee programme at the Barber Institute and developed a fascination for the work of the German Expressionists, feeling an empathy with Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, Käthe Kollwitz and Max Beckmann. Mohsen’s new mixed-media works in this exhibition are inspired by these prints from the Barber collection and reflect his own traumatic past.
Art and Conflict: In Conversation Sunday 24 September Artist Mohsen Keiany talks about the inspiration behind his exhibition in the Education Gallery. Admission free |