Galerie Ernst Hilger
at Art40Basel 2009
June 14-18, 2009
Booth K6 Hall 2.0
Messeplatz 10, Basel
http://www.artbasel.com
Galerie Ernst Hilger
Dorotheergasse 5
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: 43-1-512 53 15
Fax: 43-1-513 91 26
http://www.hilger.at
One of the key images/objects that is repetitively used by Rahbar and which forms “the main” body of her work has been an object that has been around for the last 4,000 years. The flag, one of the oldest recognizable symbols of nationalism and belonging in her spirited hands, becomes a foundation for woven paintings, a base upon which to place the accumulated denotations that she rummages through remnants of the exodus where once refined textile and embroideries end up- the flea markets and remote accessory depositories.
Sara Rahbar
born 1976 in Iran
Selected exhibitions
2009
hilger contemporary, Vienna
Sala Alcalá 31 in Madrid, Spain
The Saatchi Gallery, London
2008
Bodhi Art Mumbai
hilger contemporary, Vienna
2007
PS1 MoMA New York
Further artists at Art40Basel 09: Daniele Buetti, Erró, John Gerrard, Anastasia Khoroshilova, Larry Rivers, Mimmo Rotella, Miha Strukelj
For further information please contact the gallery: ernst.hilger@hilger.at.
Ernst Hilger Gallery since 1971.