People ask me, “What does it mean?” And I say: “It doesn’t mean anything.” Evidently, the work of Toronto-based artist Abbas Akhavan carries connotations, pointing the viewer to a certain direction. Yet the artist refrains from pedagogic messages, thus encouraging viewers to form their own opini..
Marina Iordan
Marina Iordan is a contemporary art consultant and writer based in the UAE. Iordan regularly contributes to a number of publications, which all have Middle Eastern culture as a common thread. Her most recent articles were published in Selections Magazine, Contemporary Practices, Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia, and Aesthetica Magazine. Through her blog, My Velvet Instant, she explores the art scene in and out of Dubai, focusing on contemporary art from the Middle East and Arab world more broadly.