Curve Gallery, Barbican.

Large-scale wall and floor mural for Soheila Sokhanvari’s exhibition ‘Rebel Rebel’ at the Curve Galley, Barbican.

The Curve is roughly 100m long and 6m high. It took us 10 days to hand paint the walls and floor with geometric patterns based on traditional Islamic design. The result is an intense and immersive space populated with exquisite miniature portraits of glamorous cultural figures from Iran. These women pursued creative careers in a culture enamoured with Western style but not it’s freedoms. 

Soheila Sokhanvari Rebel Rebel,The Curve
Fri 7 Oct 2022 — Sun 26 Feb 2023

Paint supplied by Little Greene

Photos by Deb Castrow & Max Colson

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