US-Based Iranian Artist Taha Heydari Censors His Own Work to Talk About State Control
(WorldNews Iran)

Taha Heydari is having a moment in a big way. With one solo show having opened this week in his hometown of Tehran, another coming up at San Francisco´s Haines Gallery and growing interest from collectors in his adopted East Coast home, the 33-year-old painter is a busy man. Observer visited Heydari´s studio last month at the School 33 Art Center in Baltimore, where he has been an artist-in-residence since graduating with an M.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art´s (M.I.C.A.) three years ago. A converted 19th century schoolhouse with soaring windows, the bright, cheery setting feels oddly incongruous to Heydari´s often-dark, hyper-contemporary paintings. Subscribe to Observer´s...