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Born May 29~ Behjat Sadr

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Behjat Sadr (May 29, 1924-August 11, 2009) was an Iranian artist and educator; she moved to Paris after the 1979 Islamic Revolution began.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behjat_Sadr

Untitled by Behjat Sadr
1967 / Oil and aluminium foil on Venitian blinds superimposed on oil on wood
52″x33-4/5″ / Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran

Behjat Sadr on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/behjat-sadr/

Further reading:
https://behjat-sadr.com/en/biographie/
https://www.middleeasteye.net/features/behjat-sadr-irans-pioneer-visual-arts-gets-first-exhibition-london
https://www.balicehertling.com/magazine/negar-azimi-in-conversation-with-mitra-goberville-behjat-sadrs-daughter/

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/5~

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Which early member of the American Abstract Artists group articulated her philosophical theorems not only through her art but also through her writing, lectures, teaching, and poetry?

Which Russian-born Constructivist artist, a pioneer of Kinetic Art, used materials such as glass, plastic, and metal and created a sense of spatial movement in his work?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/08/05/august-5/

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/30~

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What artist, a member of the Chiricahua Apache tribe, originally worked in construction as a pipe fitter’s assistant while sculpting and painting at night?

What Louisiana artist executed a series of black-and-white woodcut prints in 2002 and 2003 with imagery of New Orleans that looks as if it was created immediately after Hurricane Katrina in 2005?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/06/30/june-30/