January 29, 2025
Exhibition

Zamharir (torture for the naked eyes) is a mixed-media body of work by Iranian artist Nima Nikakhlagh that invites the viewer to sit with the scenes where the eyes turn red from political violence.

On view: January 27 - February 27

Location: South Gallery, GCC

Gallery talk: Wednesday, February 19, 12 p.m.

Violence and melancholy permeate the experience of his work. Nima Nikakhlagh, who arrived in the United States from Iran in 2014, is a multidisciplinary artist working across mediums, such as performance art, photography, video, and poetry. Nima’s practice concerns itself with socio-political power dynamics and political resistance approached in a poetic manner. Most of his works are performance-based, and he perceives performance art as not only a form of visual art, but much more, a social-political art form and a social-political art practice. His work frequently uses situation orchestration and some provocation—interruption of daily life—as mechanisms of audience internalization of his concepts – the real action takes place within the consciousness of the viewer. In his words, “the togetherness that performance art establishes is something truly necessary.” Nima’s works have appeared/been performed in Iran, Europe, Canada, and the United States. He has published two literary-performative books: “Bodies, Languages, Truths” and “This Is Not a Book.” Nima is a recipient of the Franklin Furnace FUND for the Performance Art 2023-24 Award.

Gallery Hours
M-Th, 7am-9pm
F, 7am-5pm
Sat, 8am-6pm