FELT MATTERS MAGAZINE

Jeanine Rees, FELT MATTERS MAGAZINE, November 22, 2022
CONVERSATION BETWEEN
FIROUZ  FARMANFARMAIAN & JANINE REES
FELT MATTERS MAGAZINE

 

FIROUZ IS A PERSIAN-BORN NOMAD AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ARTIST WHO BRINGS TOGETHER HIS TRIBAL HERITAGE WITH THE SKILLS OF THE ALTYN KOL WOMEN HANDICRAFT COOPERATIVE IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC TO CREATE A MOST UNIQUE EXHIBITION ENTITLED, GATES OF TURAN. THIS TEXTILE INSTALLATION WAS CELEBRATED AT THE WORLD- FAMOUS 59TH VENICE BIENNALE, WHICH RAN UNTIL 27TH NOVEMBER 2022