Iran: Scripts of Despair and Love: Nasim Nasr & Siamak Fallah

Curator, artist and doctoral candidate Lisa Harms writes about two artists, Nasim Nasir and Siamak Fallah, both originally from Iran who now live and work in Adelaide and make work that references their homeland.

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