The IESA arts&culture Gallery presents "I Dreamed I was Asleep," the first solo exhibition by Iranian artist Habib Saher. The exhibition is produced by the soon-to-be graduates of the MBA Contemporary art class.
"I Dreamed I was Asleep" is a series of paintings and sculptures on the conflicted relationship between mortality and the concept of life after death. Habib Saher’s reflections and questions on these subjects are fed by his formative years in the religious context of Iran, in tension with the political and philosophical ideologies arising from socialism. Made of plaster and thread, the fragility of the materials expresses a feeling of decay and finitude, characteristic of Saher’s work.
This project puts into perspective the artist’s intimate questions, such as the strong but doubtful relationship between his religious beliefs and eternal life as well as human interactions, or the influence of a strongly religious culture and his political views.
