Born in California and raised in Tehran, Golkar has been living in Vancouver since 1996. He has been actively participating in exhibitions in North America, Europe and Asia since 2001 and alongside his art practice, he has been teaching studio courses at Emily Carr University to the Graduate and undergraduate candidates since 2005.
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Mostly known for his ‘Negotiating Space‘ installations where he installed skyscraper models over Persian carpets, the Canada-based Iranian artist Babak Golkar‘s practice spreads across diverse medium, ranging from drawing, video, performance, sculpture and site-specific installation; nonetheless, his interests in subjects and issues surrounding his practice remain constant. While employing engagement strategies such as humor and performativity, subjects of his concept-driven projects center on architecture, while revisiting specific Modernist models.
May 21 13 @ 5:23 PM
MoMA's Annual Party in the GardenMay 22 13 @ 5:37 PM
of Montreal at Music Hall of WilliamsburgMay 23 13 @ 5:27 PM
ØDD Spring SaleMay 24 13 @ 5:40 PM
Yacht at Shea StadiumMay 25 13 @ 5:50 PM
James Murphy and Special Guests at Grand Prospect HallMay 26 13 @ 5:54 PM
Oneohtrix Point Never at Saint VitusMay 27 13 @ 6:01 PM
A conversation With James MurphyMay 28 13 @ 5:46 PM
Naoaki Funayama: X-don at Ouchi GalleryMay 29 13 @ 6:06 PM
Marina & The Diamonds and Charli XCXMay 30 13 @ 6:10 PM
Lee "Scratch" Perry at Le Poisson Rouge
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beautiful work! posters for posterity!2
I like it. And it grabbed your attention esp. if you posted a comment below. whether you love it or hate I don't see anything where it promotes violence or degrading women.. what i see is government taking away the rights of a citizen n the rights away from people. Failure to follow instructions will land us in prison like the model. Now if steven photographed the same concept with average shmucks would we pay much attention to it? i dont think so. it'd be just another political journalistic photograph.3
i agree4
Lovely inspirations <3www.whitebluebird.com5
Perfect inspiration for our soon to be flat : )6
This list is one of the best of restaurants around England.7
... Tilda is like kristen mcmenamy - magic in everything8
the tilda shoot is magic.9
Boring10
LOL this is such a frumpy campaign. Raquel Zimmermann looks so awkward dancing those bad bad moves. WWTT??? a.k.a What Were They Thinking?