Whom You Know: LTMH Gallery to Participate in VIP Art Fair | January 22-30

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LTMH Gallery to Participate in VIP Art Fair | January 22-30 | Only Online

LTMH Gallery will present an exhibition of new work by contemporary Iranian and Middle Eastern artists working in the United States and abroad, as well as emerging Western artists, at the VIP Art Fair from January 22 through 30, 2011. The fair can be viewed exclusively online at vipartfair.com.

The exhibition from LTMH Gallery will feature entirely new work by gallery artists created exclusively for the VIP Art Fair. Artists will include Shoja Azari, Shiva Ahmadi, Negar Ahkami, Alexis Laurent, Shirin Fakhim, Kezban Arca Batibeki, Parastoo Ahovan, Reza Derakshani, Soody Sharifi, Rachel Hovanian, Leila Pazooki, Roya Akhavan, Khosrow Hassanzadeh, and Roya Farassat. Work will include painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and video.

“The VIP Art Fair will be an exceptional opportunity for our international clients to see new work by our artists and have an interactive experience with us – without having to buy an airline ticket. We also hope to develop new relationships with collectors who have an interest in contemporary Middle Eastern art and our international emerging artists,” noted Anahita Varzi, Director, LTMH Gallery, New York.

The VIP Art Fair runs concurrently with an exhibition of paintings embellished with embroidery and sequins by Turkish artist Kezban Arca Betibeki on view at LTMH Gallery from January 11 through February 1, 2011. Pulp Fiction: The Sequel is the artist’s first solo show in the U.S., and her work will also be included in the Fair. Betibeki’s painting Light Blue ll, 2010, depicts women in various states of undress. Intensely mysterious, her women seem to be floating through space. The canvas evokes wonder on the part of the viewer: Is it a mere catfight or is something much more dangerous about to happen?

Among the other VIP Art Fair highlights will be a monumental steel sculpture with spider plants sprouting from it by French artist Alexis Laurent. At 22 feet long and 7 feet tall, l’Araignée (Spider) has “a Terminator meets Transformer feel to it,” Laurent noted. ”I got the inspiration for it this past summer when visiting New York City on my way to France. I was on the High Line (a customary pilgrimage for me) and was again transported by this magical green scar in the middle of the most urbanized space in the world.” Laurent’s ‘living sculpture’ calls attention to urban environmental challenges of the next 50 years.

In Negar Ahkami’s new painting, Salome, 2010, she re-imagines the female seductress as a contemporary Iranian woman, who carries the head, not of John the Baptist, but of a despotic mullah. As the artists explains, “Her sheer leopard attire and moon-like face recall … beauties from Persian literature and miniatures. The work pays tribute to the flamboyant sensibilities of Iranian women and culture that remain strong, in spite of repressive forces.”

LTMH Gallery is located at 39 East 78th Street at Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10075, 212.249.7695, www.ltmhgallery.com. For further information, please contact Anahita Varzi atanahita@ltmhgallery.com.

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