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PERSIAN ARTIST DEDICATES LONDON EXHIBITION TO ‘ALL THE BRAVE WOMEN’ IN IRAN
FIGHTING FOR THEIR FREEDOM

Raoof Haghighi’s London exhibit is set to showcase his ‘surreal and
hyperrealistic’ portraits and drawings




Painting is Like Breathing for Me is an upcoming exhibition by Persian artist
Raoof Haghighi

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Danielle Desouza
20 March 2023
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n Iranian artist whose drawing of a woman without breasts and a groin went viral
is to dedicate his upcoming London exhibit to “all the brave women” fighting for
their rights in his country of birth, including murdered Mahsa Amini.

Forty-six-year-old Raoof Haghighi, who has lived in the UK since 2009, is to
showcase some of his “favourite surreal and hyperrealistic portraits and
drawings” in mid-April as part of solo exhibit Painting is Like Breathing for
Me.

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Mr Haghighi, who lives in Reading and was raised in a family of eight artists
under authoritarian regime in Shiraz, Iran, told the PA news agency: “Being born
in an artistic family was really helpful for my own journey into, and [my]
relationship with, art.

“Obviously I learned so many things from my father and my siblings. It proved to
be very useful to have talented and artistic people to provide constructive
criticism of my work.




“This proved to be invaluable as I started my own art journey.”


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He said that the biggest aim for his exhibit is to “inspire people and hope they
can enjoy seeing my creative process,” as well as shining a light on the
severely restricted rights women in Iran have.

“I want to dedicate some of the drawings to all the brave women in Iran who are
currently fighting for their freedom, and hopefully one day in the near future
people can live freely,” Mr Haghighi added.



One of the exhibit’s standout drawings, called Just Take Them and Leave Me
Alone, touched many social media users, garnering more than 36,000 likes on
Instagram, and over 2.6 thousand comments on Reddit, as well as being shared
40,000 times on Facebook in 2021.

It depicts a woman standing, with her breasts and groin detached from her body
and lying on the ground.

“I never thought it will touch so many people around the world,” Mr Haghighi
said about the drawing which took roughly five hours to create.

“So when I checked my social media accounts following the release of this
drawing, I was very shocked to discover that it had been shared millions of
times.”



Some of the comments included “this is haunting” and “being reduced on your
superficial sexual characteristics is sad, you are more than just appearance of
skin, muscles and forms of your body”.

Mr Haghighi added that he wanted people to interpret the piece – as well as his
other work – in their own personal way.



He said: “Many women related to this particular piece because of what they
themselves have gone through life, and this can vary from experiences of
gender-based violence to even going through cancer.

“In general I like to people have their own interpretation about art.

“What I like about art is that it can affect each person differently because of
their own background and life experience. The same piece of art can yield a
completely different experience, for instance something positive can be
negatively construed by some and vice versa.”



Other work in the exhibit include a series called Adam and Eve, which tries to
“expose the hypocrisy of forced veils” by depicting different images of women,
with one wearing a veil and covered up and others naked and with their hair
flowing.

Another drawing, called Women life freedom, is dedicated to 22-year-old Mahsa
Amini, who was killed last September for allegedly violating Iran’s Islamic
dress code, which requires women to wear a hijab.



It shows a woman’s loose hair turning into wings.

Countless protests over issues affecting women and girls – such as domestic
violence, abortion and strict Islamic dress code laws – have taken place
following the incident.

Mr Haghighi hopes to “surprise and shock” viewers with his collection.

“I am so delighted that I have the opportunity to showcase a selection of my
favourite surreal and hyper-realistic portraits and drawings in my upcoming
London solo art exhibition,” he said.

“I really enjoy creating an element of shock or surprise to the viewer, and
sometimes I even surprise myself when I see the final product.”

The exhibit takes places from April 7 to April 16 from 10am to 9pm at the
Osborne Studio Gallery in Belgravia, London.


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