With My Back to the World
Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris, presents "With My Back to the World," the second solo exhibition by Shabahang Tayyari. The exhibition features works created in 2026, including gouache on paper pieces like "I cut and I bleed (night version)" and "She lit it," as well as mixed-media works such as "Waterfall" (various suiting fabrics on a steel frame) and "I will decorate your heart and mind" (oil and metal chain on velvet on canvas).
The exhibition title is inspired by Agnes Martin's work, suggesting art as a deliberate space separate from worldly corruption. Tayyari's approach is described as strategic and humorous, viewing turning one's back not as retreat but as endurance and a means of inhabiting the world on one's own terms. In contexts where self-expression is an act of defiance, persistence becomes resistance, and painting is presented as revolt.
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