Tag: Mania Akbari
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Mania Akbari’s Untitled 2008, with Footnotes, part #66
Sold for US$8,400 in October 2010 Mania Akbari (September 1974) is an Iranian filmmaker, artist, writer and actress whose works explore women’s rights, marriage, sexual identity, disease and body image. Her style, in contrast to the long tradition of melodrama in Iranian cinema, is rooted in the visual arts and autobiography. Because of the taboo themes frankly…
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Mania Akbari, Untitled 01 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 2r
Mania Akbari (born 1974) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker, actress, artist and writer whose works mostly deal with themes of sexual identity, women, marriage, abortion, infidelity and lesbianism. Her style, unlike the long tradition of melodrama in Iranian cinema, is rooted in modern visual arts and the avant-garde. Akbari, because of the themes discussed in…