Daryoush Gharahzad (b. 1976) is an Iranian artist currently based in New York. His artwork has been featured in numerous international exhibitions and publications. Alongside this, he has be included in several books, including The Artist, the Censor and the Nude: A Tale of Morality and Appropriation by Glenn Harcourt, which explores the art and politics of “The Nude” in various cultural contexts, featuring books of canonical western art censored in Iran.
In the spring of 2015 The Nomadic Journal encountered the eclectic collage works, painting and poetry of Guy R. Beining. Since the 1960s, Beining has published thousands poems, as well as dozens of collections of poem-novellas and chapbooks, and has had his artwork gracing the covers of zines and literary magazines.
By Liliana Rodrigues
LR – I understand that your new work is done in three-days per painting. I am curious about this time constraint you impose on yourself. In the past, fresco painters had to deal with the properties of freshly laid wet plaster and pigments; thus, they were forced to paint quickly. What does it mean for you, as a contemporary painter, to set a time constraint on yourself?
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