Amir
Fallah
By fragmenting and recombining his source materials Amir
Fallah depicts the dual culture of many young Iranian
Americans. He is interested in juxtaposing, hybridizing,
combining, and manipulating aspects of Eastern and Western
cultures. Amir Fallah produces whimsical works influenced
by narrative power of comics and characterized by an underlying
humorous commentary. Gated suburban communities, strip
malls, Graffiti-like text that is phonetically sounded
out in Farsi, Abstract Expressionism, Middle Eastern patterns,
logo designs, and Islamic architecture are all combined
in images that leave traces of a story without telling
the end. By creating these hybrid structures, languages,
and scenes Amir Fallah attempts to start a dialogue between
the old and the new, suburban and urban, The East and
the West, order and chaos.
Here are some of his works:
"Suburbs One"
"What happened to the things you said"
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