Theology and the Arts Lunch: “Tradition and Juxtaposition in the Work of Mahmoud Saleh Mahammadi”
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities 767 Eustis St., Suite 140, Saint Paul, MN, United StatesMahmoud Saleh Mohammadi (b. 1979) is an Iranian artist from Tehran who studied as a painter at the Art University in Tehran and then continued his education at Brera Fine Arts Academy in Italy, graduating in Visual Arts. In his works, he combines the focus, uniformity, and tradition of the (Middle-)East with the Western ideals of creative expression. In many of his pieces, Saleh Mohammadi juxtaposes iconography from Persia to explore ...