HAMPSHIRE, UK.- ArtSway is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Laura Mousavi Zadeh, the winner of ArtSway Open05. Sightseeing is a new exhibition of the artist’s work, featuring several new paintings, that explore the filters through which we experience landscape: a suspended moment in time held by associative memories, cinematic influences, souvenirs and sensory experiences.

Laura Mousavi Zadeh’s paintings often touch upon her Iranian heritage, featuring transient and homogenized moments of the every-day in Iran, such as scenes of roundabouts and petrol stations, as well as sites of special religious or historical significance. These are contrasted with paintings that reference architecture and monuments from her birthplace in suburban coastal England, which are touched by a dream-like and unreal quality. The resulting paintings disrupt our expectations by subtly manipulating our perceptions of familiar symbols and environments, depriving the viewer of a steady frame.

Laura Mousavi Zadeh graduated from St Martin’s College of Art in 2001, and will shortly commence postgraduate study at the Royal College of Art, London. Laura is based in Brighton, and has exhibited widely across the UK, including a solo exhibition at Notting Hill Arts Club in 2001, and a recent exhibition at the University of Chichester’s Otter Gallery.