My Place is the placeless
This exhibition takes its title from a phrase in a poem by Mawlana Rumi and speaks of Pouyan’s rejection of national and ethnic labeling. Four years ago Pouyan took a genetic ancestry test. The results revealed a DNA ancestry of thirty-three modern countries spread across Central Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Caucasus Mountains, Northern […]
We Owe This Considerable Land to the Horizon Line
In the exhibition’s foyer, Pouyan presented twelve miniatures based on a selection of Persian miniatures depicting scenes from the ascension of Prophet Muhammad. By removing figures, aureoles, and other unreal elements of these miniatures, he transforms them into abstract images or simple architectural scenes. These modified miniatures are subsequently printed on Japanese rice paper, and […]
Yinchuan Biennale
When The Pigs Fly addresses the heavy cost to the environment that rapid growth and capitalism has caused, particularly within the context of China. Production of approximately 100 clay pigs with wings took place in Yinchuan with a team of 10 volunteer clay craftsmen. All the pigs were made of clay from the Yellow River. […]