By Hengameh Fouladvand presented at the conference: Contemporary Iranian Art: Modernity and the Iranian Artist, at Kellogg College, University of Oxford in association with Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, July 2005 Spiritual, historical and mythological subjects inform Yari Ostovany’s sophisticated compositions. His intellectually ambitious use of postmodern texts and theory reflects his familiarity with old-master paintings and classical art. His work questions the concepts of authenticity and pushes the limits of rationality; Ostovany’s work show a distinct interest in poetry, literary works, the development of ‘self’ and new forms of spirituality. Modifying the customary notions […]