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Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari uses painting to honor a lost homeland

The vibrantly patterned miniatures of the Iranian-born UK-based artist recall a pre-revolutionary past, where progressive and conservative values co-existed.

The Iranian artist using painting to honor her lost homeland

Soheila Sokhanvari’s retrospective “We Could Be Heroes…” takes its name from David Bowie’s 1977 classic “Heroes,” a song which has particular resonance for the Iranian born, UK-based artist. Like the two lovers separated by the Berlin Wall in Bowie’s song, Sokhanvari was separated from everything she knew and loved by the 1979 Revolution.

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