A View From the Easel With Arghavan Khosravi
In Hyperallergic’s 344th installment of “A View From the Easel,” artist Arghavan Khosravi describes working for almost five years in a small loft studio above her townhouse in Stamford, Connecticut, where she makes surreal, sculptural assemblages informed by Persian miniature traditions. She outlines a typical day that begins with an espresso and a news podcast (often from the New York Times or the Washington Post), followed by sketch review, woodshop fabrication of panel shapes, and painting processes such as underpainting on primed panels. Khosravi says the live/work setup provides flexibility and more studio time by eliminating commuting, while a nearby woodshop has enabled her work to become more sculptural and experimental. She notes limited local artist community in Connecticut but maintains ties to New York via a one-hour train ride and remote communication, and she expresses a desire for a larger future studio with more separation from her living space and room for storage and display.
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