Navid Azimi Sadaji
Born in Tehran, Iran, in 1982, Navid Azimi Sadaji now lives and works between Rome and Tehran. His recent work entitled, “Where danced Sherazhade,” explores not only the symbols and traditions that are typical of Middle Eastern stereotypes, but also their preconceived views.
Shifting images of Sassanid mould in Western deformation, Navid organizes old concepts in a new way. In doing so, he crowds out everything and everyone. Using heterogeneous media including photography, sculpture, installation, painting, drawing, and the written word, he covers many of the symbols of ancient Persian culture as well as those recently conveyed through Iranian television screens. From Gilgamesh, the lion-fighter, to Ishtar, goddess of sex and love; cypress trees to the atomic bomb; esoteric mythical symbols to precious talismans, right up to the colour green - typical of the struggle against the government.
