Artist Amir H. Fallah’s Mesmerizing Portraits STUDIO MAY 9, 2023 ANNA CLAIRE MAUNEY A Distorted Reality is Now A Necessity To Be Free, 2019. Acrylic on canvas. 15 x 7 in. When asked what gets him excited to make something new, contemporary artist Amir H. Fallah says simply, “I’m always excited.” Based in LA, Fallah makes detailed, collage-esque paintings that have been displayed in exhibitions around the world. His work is featured in private collections in Chicago and Kansas City, in the Microsoft…Read More
Amir H. Fallah Feels the Pull of His Iranian Origins Mr. Fallah was 4 when he left Iran after its revolution. Now, he’s using his art to support the recent uprising there. Amir H. Fallah’s painting, “I Want To Live, To Cry, To Survive, To Love, To Die.” It is one of the works he is showing at Art Basel Hong Kong.Credit…The artist and Denny Gallery By Farah Nayeri March 22, 2023 Amir H. Fallah was…Read More
The Best Booths at Art Basel Hong Kong, Where Poignant Artworks Explore Various Crises BY REENA DEVI March 22, 2023 4:22am The scene at Art Basel Hong Kong 2023. MAXIMILÍANO DURÓN/ARTNEWS Art Basel Hong Kong launched its first quarantine-free edition since 2019, with two VIP preview days beginning March 21, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Reportedly its largest edition since the pandemic, with 177 exhibitors from 32 countries and territories participating in the 2023 edition, there is a…Read More
Hong Kong galleries thrive despite lockdowns and crackdowns Dealers were expanding old spaces and opening new ones as the city’s art market surpassed London’s Primrose Riordan in Hong Kong MARCH 16 2023 Opening a gallery in Hong Kong early last year seemed unwise. At the time, the former British colony was reeling from the world’s deadliest Covid outbreak, and a now-scrapped weeks-long quarantine inspired an exodus of residents. The gloom, heightened by the city’s isolation from the rest of…Read More
‘Amir H. Fallah: The Fallacy of Borders’ at the Fowler Amir H. Fallah, “Silent Sounds,” 2021-22; stained and fused glass, custom LED panel, aluminum frame. (Amir H. Fallah / Dio Horia Gallery) In Amir H. Fallah’s first museum exhibition in Los Angeles, expect to get caught up in the artist’s maximalist paintings and stained glass works. Fallah is known for making “alternative” portraits — they don’t fixate on likeness but rather on the objects, textures and moods that…Read More
Gallery: “The Fallacy of Borders” highlights Iranian-American experiences at Fowler Museum By Ethan Manafi Feb. 18, 2023 The Fowler Museum at UCLA is displaying “The Fallacy of Borders” by Amir H. Fallah, an Iranian-born artist working in Los Angeles. Six pieces are shown against the dark gray walls of the Fowler. More than 25 pieces of Fallah’s work are on display at this exhibition. Fallah stands in front of one of his pieces. Fallah…Read More
The Best Shows to See in Los Angeles during Frieze BY ARMANDO PULIDO IN CRITIC’S GUIDES , EXHIBITION REVIEWS | 15 FEB 23 Amir H. Fallah Fowler Museum at UCLA 29 January – 14 May Amir H. Fallah, Protector 1, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 1.8 × 1.2 m. Courtesy: the artist and Ginsberg Family Collection Amir H. Fallah turns western portraiture on its head in his first solo Los Angeles museum exhibition. His striking subjects are rendered in vibrant orange skin tones, subtly…Read More
Art Basel Hong Kong 2023: Tatler’s guide to the artists and works to look out for By Aaina Bhargava. Feb 14, 2023 From the humorous to the grotesque, here is everything you should look out for at the city’s biggest art fair in March Art Basel Hong Kong is back in its biggest iteration since 2019, and will take place from March 23 to 25, 2023, now that restrictions for travelling and social gatherings have been lifted. More than…Read More
‘More is more’: Iranian American artist Amir H. Fallah’s LA show takes a maximalist approach to cultural exchange Torey Akers 14 February 2023 Tehran-born artist draws on his migrant experience for new exhibition “The Fallacy of Borders” at UCLA’s Fowler Museum The work of Amir H. Fallah, who was born in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution, reflects on his migrant experience Alan Shaffer Los-Angeles based artist Amir H. Fallah has always taken the “more-is-more” approach to painting….Read More
Eight must-see exhibitions to see during Frieze Los Angeles Torey Akers, Benjamin Sutton and Claire Voon 13 February 2023 Amir H. Fallah’s No Gods No Masters (2020), which features in the Fowler Museum’s show; the Tehran-born artist draws on the diasporic Iranian American experience Courtesy of Shulamit Nazarian Amir H. Fallah: The Fallacy of Borders Fowler Museum, until 14 May Los-Angeles based artist Amir H. Fallah has always taken the “more-is-more” approach to painting. “I really just try to cram everything in there…Read More
Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for February 2023 Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month, including Alicia Piller, Brad Phillips, Mulyana, the MexiCali Biennial, and more. Matt Stromberg January 30, 2023 February is a big time in the Los Angeles art world, with four art fairs (Frieze, Felix, Spring Break, and the LA Art Show) coming to town later this month (not to mention Museums Free-For-All day). Galleries and museums here are…Read More
Amir H. Fallah: The Fallacy of Borders Image: Amir H. Fallah (b. 1979, Tehran, Iran), Protector 1, 2022; acrylic on canvas; Ginsberg Family Collection; image courtesy of the artist and Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles January 29–May 14, 2023 The Fallacy of Borders is the first solo Los Angeles museum presentation of artist Amir H. Fallah (b. 1979, Tehran, Iran; lives and works in Los Angeles). More than 25 works on view span painting, sculpture, stained glass, and textiles, all…Read More
Amir H. Fallah Shining A Spotlight On Women’s Rights Protestors In Iran Chadd Scott Jan 13, 2023 Artist’s rendering of Amir H. Fallah “Woman, Life, Freedom” neon artwork. AMIR H. FALLAH A woman’s face. An unshrouded woman’s face in Iran and that government’s medieval response to it have launched the women’s rights and freedom protests which have swept that nation since the September 2022 arrest of 22-year-old Jina “Mahsa” Amini by Iran’s morality police. She died three days…Read More
Amir H. Fallah Shining A Spotlight On Women’s Rights Protestors In Iran Chadd Scott Jan 13, 2023 Artist’s rendering of Amir H. Fallah “Woman, Life, Freedom” neon artwork.AMIR H. FALLAH A woman’s face. An unshrouded woman’s face in Iran and that government’s medieval response to it have launched the women’s rights and freedom protests which have swept that nation since the September 2022 arrest of 22-year-old Jina “Mahsa” Amini by Iran’s morality police. She died three days…Read More
ART SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: 12 SHOWS TO SEE THIS WINTER AND SPRING SHANA NYS DAMBROT JANUARY 12, 2023 January is always a great excuse to reset the big-show calendar with a fresh season, and it’s also the run-up to the new tradition of Art Week Los Angeles (don’t call it Frieze Week) in February. That will be its own weather system, and more to come on that later. In the meantime, here are 12 exhibitions — from kings of Pop…Read More
“The Value of Destruction Is Worth More Than the Value of Construction,” 2022 acrylic on canvas 5’x5′ courtesy of the artist and Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, (Yubo Dong/For The Times) BY AMIR H. FALLAH OCT. 19, 2022 7 AM PT All of my art starts from a very personal place. In a lot of ways, the work is autobiographical, dealing with me coming to terms with being an immigrant in America, being a refugee in America and straddling two…Read More
Tina Knowles Lawson Builds a Collection and a Foundation to Support Black Art The 2001 Ace Award Winner might be best known in the public eye for her work in fashion, beauty, and entertainment, but over the course of her life Tina Knowles Lawson has also become an ambitious art collector and philanthropist. In 2017, she and husband Richard Lawson established Where Art Can Occur (WACO) Theater Center, an artist empowerment organization dedicated to creating opportunities for young…Read More
May 24, 2022 What’s Showing in Hong Kong, May 2022: Southside, Wan Chai, Kowloon BY THE EDITORS Galleries in Wong Chuk Hang and the greater Southside district continue to mount some of the city’s most interesting exhibitions, from both international and local artists. An afternoon of exploring the area’s industrial buildings is a chance to see artists in greater depth in these shows compared with the setting of an art fair. Further destinations await in Wan Chai and Tsim Sha…Read More
Amir H. Fallah;s “Joy As An Act Of Resistance” on RTHK’ s The Works Watch in English. Watch in Cantonese. Miniature art, Amir H. Fallah@Denny Dimin Gallery & in the studio: Anna Lo & VSing Humans have been creating miniature representations of reality since prehistoric times. Many of the earliest were funerary objects, but throughout the history of art miniatures have come in the form of paintings, drawings, engravings, book illustrations and sculptures. Miniature paintings came to the fore in…Read More
Artist Amir H. Fallah joins advisor Adam Green the on ArtTactic Podcast. Fallah explains why he believes it is important for artists to openly discuss their experiences navigating the art world. He shares some guiding principles that help him manage several aspects of his career. Fallah discusses what it was like to not experience success immediately in his career, identifies qualities he looks for in a gallery, explains the importance of having relationships with his collectors and reveals how he…Read More
How Revenge Shopping Inspired Artist Amir H. Fallah’s New Hong Kong Show Words by AAINA BHARGAVA ｜ April 12, 2022 Revenge shopping and navigating a third-culture identity inform Amir Fallah’s first show in Hong Kong As for many of us, the highlights of lockdown for artist Amir Fallah were mealtimes and receiving packages containing online shopping—the latter event so much so, it sparked the idea behind his first exhibition in Hong Kong, Joy as an Act of Resistance…Read More
YOUR CULTURAL EASTER By Emilie El Jaouhari # editor’s pick 11/04/22 Easter is around the corner! Why don’t you treat yourself with some meaningful, inspirational and colourful exhibitions and events? From Hong Kong talents like Andrew Luk, Corn Shuk Mei Ho, Law Yat Sun, Oscar to Iranian-born American painter Amir H. Fallah, Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, French painter Jean Jullien, Japanese lacquer artist Mine Tanigawa, and South African-based photographer Roger Ballen, your Easter break will be a delight. SELECTION OF EVENT …Read More
Introducing a fascinating compilation of interviews with artists from the archives of Sound & Vision, a podcast directed by American artist and educator Brian Alfred. Why I Make Art: Contemporary Artists’ Stories About Life and Work presents conversations recorded between 2016 and 2020—four tumultuous years in America and around the world. Why I Make Art offers readers an intimate, contemplative view from thirty remarkable creators with compelling stories, entertaining and thoughtful anecdotes, examining themes as varied as music and…Read More
The first, comprehensive, illustrated publication to explore the relationship between basketball and contemporary art. From David Hammons’ Higher Goals and Robert Indiana’s Mecca Floor to the more recent works of Nina Chanel Abney and Titus Kaphar, basketball has proven an especially popular sport in art. Whether in the depiction of players, abstract use of motifs, or as a means of examining social inequality and political justice, this collection takes readers on a journey to understand the game of basketball,…Read More
