Beautiful women and lush gardens contrast oppressive symbols like balls and chains or large metal keys in Arghavan Khosravi’s latest paintings at Rachel Uffner Gallery. Here, ‘Patiently Waiting,’ features an explosive device with ambiguous consequences if used – will freedom or destruction result? Similarly, Khosravi’s gardens can be read in contradictory terms as commentary on life in her home country, Iran. The gallery explains, they “…represent the possibilities for respite afforded by private life or the image of utopian paradise promised by religious fundamentalism.” (On view on the Lower East Side through June 5th).
