SARA RAHBAR: violence and healing

Sarah Rahbar is an installation artist, sculptor and photographer, currently represented by renowned galleries worldwide. At a young age, during the Islamic Revolution,  she and her family were forced to leave her homeland of Iran. In her work she explores issues of displacement and belonging which stem  from her own experiences during and after the Revolution.

In her own words:  “I work to work out the turbulence that exist within me, I am healing myself and at the same time communicating an immense pain. It’s about falling, standing and attempting to survive it all. In the end we are all in exile…”



Sarah Rahbar: Love arrived and how red, number 7.

Rahbar is mainly known for her photographic series entitled “Love arrived and how red”. A series that was made as a reaction against the psychiatric impact that the events in the Middle East have had on its inhabitants.

One possible reading of this work,  is the title’s reference to the horrific expectations that traditional societies have of virgin brides.

Sara Rahbar: Flag Series

Initially Rahbar became known for her “Flag Series” (2008-present). Here, she reworked flags  into collages, that express the conflicting roles that flags play as symbols of nationalistic violence.