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Beholding ME | Todd Art Gallery

4 p.m. – Friday, September 30, 2022, join us in the Todd Art Gallery, Todd Hall, Room 224A, for a reception to celebrate

Beholding ME: Video Artworks from the Middle Eastern Diaspora

on exhibit through October 10.

The exhibition presents a dynamic group of video artists from the Middle East and surrounding Diasporas to explore issues of gender, politics, colonialism, culture, and identity through videos and documentaries. In addition, the exhibition aims to analyze and reconceptualize the existing narratives of Middle Eastern communities in the United States.

Curator: Mohammed Meerzaei

Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, September 21 – Monday, October 10, 2022

Todd Art Gallery, Todd Hall, Room 224A

Department of Art and Design | MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

Curation Liaison: Raheleh Filsoofi

Exhibition Sponsors: MTSU Department of Art and Design/Todd Art Gallery, MTSU program in Middle East Studies, MTSU Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University Department of Art, Vanderbilt University Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities.

Image Center: My Existence is Political, detail, Bezair Aradini

Exhibition Sponsors: MTSU Department of Art and Design/Todd Art Gallery, MTSU program in Middle East Studies, MTSU Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University Department of Art, Vanderbilt University Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities.

Participating Artists: Bezair Aradini, Nuveen Barwari, Farhad Bahram, Sarah Brahim,

Ronnie Karfiol, Habiba El-Sayed, and Setareh Ghoreishi

Background Image: Nikita Chisnikov, detail


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Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Phone

Department: 615-898-2455

Gallery: 615-898-5532

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