Iranian Artists Vie for Solo Saatchi Show

MOD ANGELArtist: Hojat Amani

PICHAPOOCHArtist: Morteza Ahmadvand

ERROR NO. 1Artist: Reza Azimian

BEYOND THE SENSE OF BREAKING 1Artist: Parastoo Ahovan

ME -01Artist: Shahrzad Changalvaee

UNTITLEDArtist: Alireza Dayani

UNTITLEDArtist: Hossein Azadi

UNTITLED GREENArtist: Navid Azimi Sajadi

THE MARTYR'S SONArtist: Behroo Bagheri

KETCHUP SAUCEArtist: Arash Fayez

NEGOTIATING THE SPACE FOR POSSIBLE COEXISTENCE NO. 3Artist: Babak Golkar

MATURITY SERIESArtist: Shima Esfandiyari

THE KAHAN FAMILY FROM GOLPAYGANArtist: Dana Nehdaran

ASHOURAIANArtist: Babak Kazemi

UNTITLEDArtist: Ghazaleh Hedayat

WE LIVE IN PARADOXICAL SOCIETYArtist: Ramyar Manouchehrzadeh and Ali Nadjian

CATALYSTArtist :Asad Faulwell

UNTITLEDArtist: Rodin Hamidi

13 DAY OUTArtist: Mehdi Farhadian

IRANDOKHTArtist: Najaf Shokri

SOLITAIRE (SET OF SPADES)Artist: Hesam Rahmanian

WONDERLAND (2500 YEARS CELEBRATION)Artist: Mamali Shafahi

UNTITLEDArtist: Dariush Nehdaran

[ spotlight ] The Iranian artists whose work has been featured here are among the 25 shortlisted for the 2011 Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize. Next, the artists will present in March a selection of their work at a three-day event in Dubai. The judges will select five to ten finalists who will exhibit at the Royal College of Art in London October 11-15, 2011 -- Christie's will conduct an auction of all of the finalists' work on the last evening. Proceeds will be divided between the artists and the Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize. The winner -- who gets a solo show at the Saatchi Gallery in London in Autumn 2012 -- will be announced by Ali Khadra after the auction.

*Some of the images have been cropped to fit our slide show format.

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