Available Works
Out Of Character
Artists are the ones recording the history. In storytelling, it is imperative to understand a character’s personality and behavioral tendencies in order to capture an appealing characterization of that persona within the narrative structure. One has to live, breathe, and feel the surroundings alongside the characters he/she creates. For me, within this context, I intend to restructure real personalities visually and create a new persona. In a way, I am distorting history by projecting these characters through a humorous lens. I am implementing fictional characterizations of these individuals within the audience’s mind regardless of the reality. My intention is to build these characters from the inside out, investing them with a past and a persona only hinted at in the history.
Pouya Afshar
Amir Kabir in Kashan, 2022
Digital painting printed on eco-canvas
23 x 23 in
Framed 24.75 x 24.75 in
Edition 1/5+3AP
Pouya Afshar
Pahlavi, 2021
Digital painting printed on eco-canvas
33 x 50 in
Edition 4/5 +3AP
Pouya Afshar
The Pit, 2014
Digital painting printed on eco-canvas
24 x 32 in
Edition 1/5+3AP
Pouya Afshar
Forough, 2022
Digital painting printed on eco-canvas
24 x 24 in
Edition 2/5 + 3 AP
Pouya Afshar
The Book of Kings (Shahnameh), 2012
Digital painting on recycled canvas
25 x 55.25 in
Framed: 32 x 51 in
Edition 3/5+3AP
Pouya Afshar
Seddigheh Dolatabadi, 2019
Digital print on paper
20 x 18 in
Framed: 25.50 x 23.35 in
1 AP/5+3 AP
Pouya Afshar
Ghamar, 2021
Digital print on paper
20 x 18 in
Framed: 25.50 x 23.35 in
4/5+3AP
Pouya Afshar
Najm Ol-Saltaneh, 2019
Digital print on paper
20 x 18 in
Framed: 25.50 x 23.35 in
5/5 + 3 AP
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Pouya Afshar
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