Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ (Works)

Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ -
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - Installation, from entrance.
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=Sarv-e Sangar I (Prologue To Navid Afkari’s Tomb), 2020. Expo UV ink on plexiglass, LED light, wooden frame, acid free cardboard, 153 x 89 cm. Edition of 3 (+1 AP). ">
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=Sarv-e Sangar II, 2021. Video with music and voice of the executed wrestler and dissident, Navid Afkari Sangari, his brother, Vahid, and the judge. Verses by Ferdawsi, sung by Negar Booban. Video, colour, sound, 19 min. Edition 9 (+1 AP). ">
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - Installation view, west wall.
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=Eulogy of Wearers of Black Raiments, 2020. Expo UV ink on plexiglass, LED light, wooden frame, acid free cardboard, 153 x 89 cm. Edition 3 (+1 AP). ">
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - Installation view, north wall.
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=Young Woman cutting her hair in a 'Women, Life, Freedom' demonstration in San Francisco, by Maryam Ashrafi, October 1st 2022. Pigment inkjet on photo paper, 120 x 80 cm. Edition of 9 (+1 AP).">
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=What Has Befallen Us, Barbad?, 2002. Single channel video, black and white, silent, 27 min. Edition of 9 (+1 AP). ">
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - Installation view, north wall.
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=Oil on Canvas, 2018. Pigment inkjet print on photo paper, 60 x 90 cm. Edition 6 (+1 AP).">
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - Installation view.
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=Memorial of Jina (Mahsa) Amini and the victims of the 'Women, Life, Freedom' Revolution in Iran, 2022-2023. Video of project to be realized in stone, cement, human hair, brass, bronze, wood, steel, with explanatory comments by the artist. Video, 3:47 min.">
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=The Tomb of Ali Roozbahani, 2022. Video, colour, sound, 2:58 min">
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - Installation view, east wall.
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=In Mourning, 2014. Video, HD, black and White, silent, 28 min. Edition of 9 (+1 AP).">
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - Installation view, east and south walls.
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=L’Inconnu de la Scène, 2012. Video, HD, colour, sound, 60 min. Edition 3 (+2 AP). Choir: Dabésse, Nathalie Rigaux, The Late Christophe Otzenberger. Edition of 6 (+2 AP).">
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=Orifeus and Oublietta, 2017. Video, HD, colour, sound, 54 min. Edition 3 (+2 AP).">
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - Installation view.
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=Mehr-e Khavaran III, 2018 Pigment inkjet print on photo paper, 60 x 90 cm. Edition 6 (+1 AP). ">
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=Mehr-e Khavaran II, 2018 Pigment inkjet print on photo paper, 90 x 60 cm. Edition 6 (+1 AP).">
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=Mehr-e Khavaran I, 2018 Pigment inkjet print on photo paper, 90 x 60 cm. Edition 6 (+1 AP).">
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=Yet Again: A Passion play for of Ezzatollah Sahabi and the killing of Haleh Sahabi, Behesht-e Fatemeh Cemetery, Lavasanat, Tehran, 2011. Hundreds of A4 paper. ">
Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ - <i data-src=Contumacious Is He , 2014. Digital print on Canson Infinity Platine Fibre Rag, 90 x 60 cm. Edition of 6 (+1 AP).">

Selected Works

Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’
Installation, from entrance. Installation, from entrance.
Sarv-e Sangar I (Prologue To Navid Afkari’s Tomb), 2020. Expo UV ink on plexiglass, LED light, wooden frame, acid free cardboard, 153 x 89 cm. Edition of 3 (+1 AP). <i>Sarv-e Sangar I (Prologue To Navid Afkari’s Tomb)</i>, 2020. Expo UV ink on plexiglass, LED light, wooden frame, acid free cardboard, 153 x 89 cm. Edition of 3 (+1 AP).
Sarv-e Sangar II, 2021. Video with music and voice of the executed wrestler and dissident, Navid Afkari Sangari, his brother, Vahid, and the judge. Verses by Ferdawsi, sung by Negar Booban. Video, colour, sound, 19 min. Edition 9 (+1 AP). <i>Sarv-e Sangar II</i>, 2021. Video with music and voice of the executed wrestler and dissident, Navid Afkari Sangari, his brother, Vahid, and the judge. Verses by Ferdawsi, sung by Negar Booban. 
Video, colour, sound, 19 min. Edition 9 (+1 AP).
Installation view, west wall. Installation view, west wall.
Eulogy of Wearers of Black Raiments, 2020. Expo UV ink on plexiglass, LED light, wooden frame, acid free cardboard, 153 x 89 cm. Edition 3 (+1 AP). <i>Eulogy of Wearers of Black Raiments</i>, 2020. Expo UV ink on plexiglass, LED light, wooden frame, 
acid free cardboard, 153 x 89 cm. Edition 3 (+1 AP).
Installation view, north wall. Installation view, north wall.
Young Woman cutting her hair in a 'Women, Life, Freedom' demonstration in San Francisco, by Maryam Ashrafi, October 1st 2022. Pigment inkjet on photo paper, 120 x 80 cm. Edition of 9 (+1 AP). <i>Young Woman cutting her hair in a 'Women, Life, Freedom' demonstration in San Francisco</i>, by Maryam Ashrafi, October 1st 2022. Pigment inkjet on photo paper, 120 x 80 cm. Edition of 9 (+1 AP).
What Has Befallen Us, Barbad?, 2002. Single channel video, black and white, silent, 27 min. Edition of 9 (+1 AP). <i>What Has Befallen Us, Barbad?</i>, 2002. Single channel video, black and white, silent, 27 min. Edition of 9 (+1 AP).
Installation view, north wall. Installation view, north wall.
Oil on Canvas, 2018. Pigment inkjet print on photo paper, 60 x 90 cm. Edition 6 (+1 AP). <i>Oil on Canvas</i>, 2018. Pigment inkjet print on photo paper, 60 x 90 cm. Edition 6 (+1 AP).
Installation view. Installation view.
Memorial of Jina (Mahsa) Amini and the victims of the 'Women, Life, Freedom' Revolution in Iran, 2022-2023. Video of project to be realized in stone, cement, human hair, brass, bronze, wood, steel, with explanatory comments by the artist. Video, 3:47 min. <i>Memorial of Jina (Mahsa) Amini and the victims of the 'Women, Life, Freedom' Revolution in Iran</i>, 2022-2023. Video of project to be realized in stone, cement, human hair, brass, bronze, wood, steel, with explanatory comments by the artist. Video, 3:47 min.
The Tomb of Ali Roozbahani, 2022. Video, colour, sound, 2:58 min <i>The Tomb of Ali Roozbahani</i>, 2022.
Video, colour, sound, 2:58 min
Installation view, east wall. Installation view, east wall.
In Mourning, 2014. Video, HD, black and White, silent, 28 min. Edition of 9 (+1 AP). <i>In Mourning</i>, 2014. Video, HD, black and White, silent, 28 min. Edition of 9 (+1 AP).
Installation view, east and south walls. Installation view, east and south walls.
L’Inconnu de la Scène, 2012. Video, HD, colour, sound, 60 min. Edition 3 (+2 AP). Choir: Dabésse, Nathalie Rigaux, The Late Christophe Otzenberger. Edition of 6 (+2 AP). <i>L’Inconnu de la Scène</i>, 2012.
Video, HD, colour, sound, 60 min. Edition 3 (+2 AP). 
Choir: Dabésse, Nathalie Rigaux, The Late Christophe Otzenberger. Edition of 6 (+2 AP).
Orifeus and Oublietta, 2017. Video, HD, colour, sound, 54 min. Edition 3 (+2 AP). <i>Orifeus and Oublietta</i>, 2017. Video, HD, colour, sound, 54 min. Edition 3 (+2 AP).
Installation view. Installation view.
Mehr-e Khavaran III, 2018 Pigment inkjet print on photo paper, 60 x 90 cm. Edition 6 (+1 AP). <i>Mehr-e Khavaran III</i>, 2018
Pigment inkjet print on photo paper, 60 x 90 cm. Edition 6 (+1 AP).
Mehr-e Khavaran II, 2018 Pigment inkjet print on photo paper, 90 x 60 cm. Edition 6 (+1 AP). <i>Mehr-e Khavaran II</i>, 2018
Pigment inkjet print on photo paper, 90 x 60 cm. Edition 6 (+1 AP).
Mehr-e Khavaran I, 2018 Pigment inkjet print on photo paper, 90 x 60 cm. Edition 6 (+1 AP). <i>Mehr-e Khavaran I</i>, 2018
Pigment inkjet print on photo paper, 90 x 60 cm. Edition 6 (+1 AP).
Yet Again: A Passion play for of Ezzatollah Sahabi and the killing of Haleh Sahabi, Behesht-e Fatemeh Cemetery, Lavasanat, Tehran, 2011. Hundreds of A4 paper. <i>Yet Again</i>: A Passion play for of Ezzatollah Sahabi and the killing of Haleh Sahabi, Behesht-e Fatemeh Cemetery, Lavasanat, Tehran, 2011. Hundreds of A4 paper.
Contumacious Is He , 2014. Digital print on Canson Infinity Platine Fibre Rag, 90 x 60 cm. Edition of 6 (+1 AP). <i>Contumacious Is He </i>, 2014. Digital print on Canson Infinity Platine Fibre Rag, 90 x 60 cm. Edition of 6 (+1 AP).

Barbad Golshiri

Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’
February 23 - April 7, 2023

Opening reception: Thursday, February 23, 6 - 8:30 pm.

Of Mourning and Revolt: Episodes from Barbad Golshiri’s ‘Curriculum Mortis’ Press Release

Barbad Golshiri (b. 1982, Tehran) is an Iranian artist, whose work addresses what one could summarily characterize as the “Politics of Death”. Through his highly inventive engagement with various media such as video, performance, photography, and sculpture, including traditional calligraphy and critical writing, Golshiri confronts totalitarian ideologies, be they sacral or profane. Examples of his ongoing Curriculum Mortis – an account of death rather than life – conceived as episodes dating from 2002 to 2022, will be on view at the gallery from February 23 until April 8. The exhibition resonates at this contemporary moment when the uprising, by now labeled the Woman, Life, Freedom revolution, has engulfed the artist’s native country and mesmerized the entire globe. As part of his artistic activism, Golshiri has been and still is creating gravestones and memorials for those killed during this revolution.

Golshiri’s works are in such collections as the British Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Freiburg Modern Art Museum, South Florida University Museum, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, and cemeteries in Iran, France, and Canada. He now resides in France.

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