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Amir H. Fallah, Joy As An Act Of Resistance, 2022. Acrylic on canvas. 36 x 36 in/91 x 91 cm. Amir H. Fallah Joy As An Act Of Resistance HONG KONG April 2 - June 4, 2022 Virtual Reception: Saturday, April 2nd, 12-6 pm HKT Join us on Zoom for a video walkthrough and chat with the gallery. Hosted by Hong Kong Art Gallery Association (HKAGA), learn more.   Denny Dimin Gallery is pleased to announce Joy As An Act of Resistance, a solo exhibition by Amir H. Fallah in Hong Kong. Amir Fallah is known for exploring portraiture and the representation of identity through his painting, murals, sculpture and installation. His esoteric portraits, where the physical characteristics of his subjects are often masked, hidden or generally absent, offer vignettes into their world; ornate with depicted objects and patterns. Alongside the stories they offer of their subjects, Fallah’s paintings act as historical cultural catalogues of imagery assimilated from a variety of global references; tumblr, museum collections, fashion magazines and reconstitutes them into visual plays, creating modern day parables. In this latest exhibition, Fallah looks to address the psychological fatigue caused by the ongoing pandemic where the onset of challenging and often bleak information is relentless. The title ‘Joy As An Act of Resistance’ comes from one of the works in the exhibition depicting a classical female, Art Nouveau, figure clad in furs and laden with boxes indicating a shopping spree. The work unwittingly references the term ‘revenge shopping’, which was coined in 2021 from its original phrasing in Chinese as the desire and rush to make up for lost spending following China’s initial lockdown back in 2020. For Fallah, inviting joy as an act of revenge comes in more gentle political acts of resistance – the use of creativity, art and nature to engender joy against the waves of pessimism and misfortune that continue to befall the world. In another work, titled ‘You and Your Gun’, Fallah confronts a different political approach to current times. The image, this time taken from a vintage copy of Japanese Vogue, the female figure casually applies lipstick as a scene of violence and protest takes place alongside her, drawing upon the lack of agency felt by populations worldwide who are stymied by ineffective politics. In this new body of work, Fallah moves even further to deconstruct the portrait – holding up a mirror where the viewer has the opportunity to see themselves as the subject navigating this new uncharted frontier of living whilst finding joy in nostalgia, indulgence and simple pleasures. Joy can be an act of resistance. Amir H. Fallah 快乐是一种抵抗行为 香港 2022年4月2号至6月4号 线上开幕式时间：香港时间 4 月 2 日星期六中午12 点至 下午6 点 请加入我们的 Zoom 视频线上开幕式并画廊和主办方交流。 此次线上招待会由香港画廊协会 (HKAGA) 主办。请点击以下链接了解更多信息learn more。             丹尼迪明画廊荣幸的宣布将为杰出青年艺术家Amir H. Fallah举办他在香港地区的个人艺术展览。                 Fallah的艺术表现形式丰富，他以利用绘画、壁画、雕塑和装置艺术的手法不断探索和创新定义人物、肖像等而闻名。他深奥的肖像画中，主体人物的身体通畅被物体遮盖、隐藏、甚至不存在；艺术家通过为作品中的人物添加上华丽的装饰和图腾来给画框里的小世界提供插曲。除了艺术作品本身的主题以外，Fallahd的艺术还在一定程度上扮演了历史文化目录的角色。其作品中吸收了全球各种参考文献、现代社交博客、博物馆收藏、时尚杂志等内容，并将这些信息和思考拆分重组为视觉艺术，由此来创造现代寓言。         在这次最新的展览中，Fallah试图解决由于当前疫情带来的各方面挑战和令人沮丧的情绪，和因此而造成的社会严重的心理疲劳问题。展览的主题《快乐是一种抵抗行为》来自于展览中的一件作品，作品描绘了新艺术运动（Art Nouveau）中经典的女性形象：穿着皮草的精致女人和抱的满怀表示疯狂扫货的购物袋。这件作品暗喻在2021年产生的“报复性消费”。最初汉语对这个词语的定义是“中国人渴望并急于弥补2020年因为疫情封锁而损失的消费机会”。 对Fallah来说将快乐作为抵抗行为，对应的是一种温和的政治不满；更像是运用创造力、艺术和自然创造欢乐，以此来对抗不断降临在这个世界上的悲剧、伤痛和不幸。在另一部名为《你和你的枪》的作品中，Fallah面对的是与当前时代不同的政治策略。这张照片是日本时尚杂志（Vogue）的旧照，图片中的女性形象随意地涂抹着艳丽的口红，同时暴力和抵抗在她的身边发生。这幅作品意在表达当时政府的无能领导导致了全国民众缺乏政治能动性。Fallah在这幅作品中进一步地拆解剖析人物肖像：举起一面镜子，让观众体会自己仿佛是那个探索和领导未知生活的主体，同时在怀旧、放纵和简单的知足中找到快乐。从而更深层次地渲染了快乐是一种抵抗行为的主题。 Amir H. Fallah (b.1979, Tehran, Iran) received his BFA in Fine Art & Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art and his MFA in painting at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions across the United States and abroad. Selected solo exhibitions include the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson; South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings SD; Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland OR; San Diego ICA; and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland KS.   In 2009, the artist was chosen to participate in the 9th Sharjah Biennial. In 2015, Fallah received the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant. In 2019, Fallah’s painting Calling On The Past received the Northern Trust Purchase Prize at EXPO Chicago. In 2020, Fallah was awarded the COLA Individual Artist Fellowship and the Artadia grant. In addition, the artist had a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, accompanied by a catalogue, and a year-long installation at the ICA San Jose.   Fallah has been featured or reviewed in The New York Times, Artforum, ARTnews, GQ, The Art Newspaper, Whitewall, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Hyperallergic, Los Angeles Times, Apollo Magazine, and The Guardian.   The artist is in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami; Deste Foundation For Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece; Xiao Museum Of Contemporary Art, Rizhao, China; McEvoy Foundation For The Arts, San Francisco; Nerman Museum, Kansas City; SMART Museum of Art at the University of Chicago; Davis Museum, Massachusetts; The Microsoft Collection, Washington; Plattsburg State Art Museum, NY; Cerritos College Public Art Collection, CA; Los Angeles County Department of Arts & Culture, CA; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama and Salsali Private Museum, Dubai, UAE.

艺术家Amir H. Fallah于1979年出生于伊朗德黑兰。继在马里兰艺术学院获得美术与绘画学士学位后， Amir在加州大学洛杉矶分校获得绘画艺术硕士学位。他的艺术作品活跃在国内外的艺术展览中，多次举办个人艺术展，并积极参与艺术群展。其中一些精选个展的举办方包括：图森当代艺术博物馆、南达科他州艺术博物馆、布鲁金斯 SD、 施耐德艺术博物馆、施耐德艺术博物馆、 圣地亚哥 ICA、和堪萨斯州欧弗兰的尼曼当代艺术博物馆。         早在2009年Fallah就被选中参加第九届沙迦双年展，且于2015年荣获琼.米切尔基金会画家和雕塑家资助。2019 年其画作《呼唤过去》（Calling On The Past）在芝加哥世博会上获得北方信托采购奖。2020 年，Fallah获得了 COLA 个人艺术家奖学金和 Artadia 资助。此外，Fallah在图森当代艺术博物馆举办了个展，并在圣何塞 ICA 打造了为期一年的艺术装置。         Fallah的作品曾在《纽约时报》、《艺术论坛》、《艺术新闻》、《GQ》、《艺术报》、《白墙》、《阿拉伯芭莎》、《高过敏》、《洛杉矶时报》、《阿波罗杂志》和《卫报》上发表或收录。         Fallah的作品更是被世界各地的众多博物馆、美术馆、高等教育机构、收藏家、等永久收藏，其中包括：洛杉矶艺术博物馆、迈阿密Jorge M. Pérez 收藏机构、希腊雅典的Deste当代艺术基金会、 中国日照的潇当代美术馆、 旧金山麦克沃伊艺术基金会、 堪萨斯内尔曼博物馆； 芝加哥大学 SMART 艺术博物馆、 马萨诸塞州戴维斯美术馆、微软收藏馆、 纽约州普拉茨堡国家艺术博物馆、 加利福尼亚州喜瑞都大学公共艺术收藏馆、加利福尼亚州洛杉矶艺术与文化机构、伯明翰艺术博物馆和位于迪拜阿联酋的Salsali 私人博物馆。 The exhibition will be open by appointment, please email hk@dennydimingallery.com. Denny Dimin Gallery is located at No. 612 Remex Center. No. 42 Wong Chuck Hang Road. Hong Kong. For sales and press inquiries, email Katie Alice Fitz Gerald at katiealice@dennydimingallery.com.