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245		0	_aMaliheh Afnan: Traces, Faces and Places
260			_aLondon; _bSAQI Books in association with Beyond Art Production; _c2010
300			_a176p; _c29x24cm
520			_aMaliheh Afnan's work appears "as a relic of an older civilization or an archaeological excavation into the collective psyche. The delicacy of Persian miniatures and manuscripts, which she remembers from childhood, is mirrored in her love for intimate scale and the refined beauty of muted colour." Calligraphy plays an important role: images appear that suggest the written word. Works on paper and tablets of painted plaster are reminiscent of ancient, almost obliterated texts, and, like palimpsests, retain only some vestige of literal meaning and an impression of human contact. Afnan has absorbed both Middle Eastern and Western influences. She has looked towards such artists as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Jean Dubuffet, and Paul Klee, and shares an affinity with the American artist Mark Tobey, who helped arrange the first European exhibition of her work in 1971.
546			_aEnglish
650			_aN8350-8356 Art as a profession. Artists
700			_aAfnan, Maliheh _97937
700			_aBerger, John
700			_aIssa, Rose _96071
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