Power of a Cliché: Photos by Haleh Anvari

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	Power of a Cliché: Photos by Haleh Anvari
JohnWaterman
12-7-2008 2:52 AM
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her photographs of women in brightly coloured chadors attempt to redraw the image of Iran in the west.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/14c240c9-0167-4884-8866-a103dda7045f/A7AF4C27-180F-4097-9CFF-BD7C963E8847/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/dec/06/photography-halehanvari-iran" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/dec/06/photography-halehanvari-iran" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/dec/06/photography-halehanvari-iran"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/C634C83C-2C7B-4872-B727-24899E67B1D5" alt="Haleh Anvari, Dubai" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/dec/06/photography-halehanvari-iran"><P>Anvari's performance, Power of a Cliché, is in part inspired by a hunger for colour and energy – something easier on the eye than the black chador that, she argues, has become reductive visual shorthand for Iran in the west.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.payvand.com/news/05/jun/1031.html" href="http://www.payvand.com/news/05/jun/1031.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.payvand.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.payvand.com/news/05/jun/1031.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.payvand.com/img/B9A2048C-DC7E-45E9-A3D9-8B64F61B14B6" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.payvand.com/news/05/jun/1031.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.payvand.com/img/6A885DF0-8A7A-492D-83DE-F5F7DE140819" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/dec/06/photography-halehanvari-iran" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/dec/06/photography-halehanvari-iran" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/dec/06/photography-halehanvari-iran"><DIV>"The black chador is such an unforgiving garment," Anvari says, in between sips of her fizzy drink. 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