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Artworks
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Amir H. Fallah Iranian , b. 1979
Giant Slayer (Sword), 2021Acrylic on canvas91.4 x 61 cm
36 x 24 inThe artist’s signature portraits of figures shrouded in richly ornate fabrics obscuring their faces, for which Fallah has already become well-known, are presented in the show with Giant Slayer (Scepter)...The artist’s signature portraits of figures shrouded in richly ornate fabrics obscuring their faces, for which Fallah has already become well-known, are presented in the show with Giant Slayer (Scepter) and Giant Slayer (Sword), depicting young sons of a friend. With their deeply saturated hues and visually pleasing alignment, these at first glance seem redolent of ceremonial likenesses of military heroes or mythical warriors. However, a closer look here reveals a toy dinosaur and a squishy chubbiness characteristic of a child’s hand.2of 2