Galerie Ernst Hilger at Art40Basel 2009

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