sundance

Farhad Moshiri, Chocline

Currently on display at the Queens Museum of Art as part of the “Tarjama/Translation” exhibit which “features artists from the Middle East, Central Asia and its diasporas,” I’m amazed by Iranian Farhad Moshiri’s “Chocline” (pun!) where 130 delectable pastries are arranged in the shape of the familiar police chalk body outline.

Farhad Moshiri’s Chocline…provoke reflection about the age-old paradox of the sublime and the decadent in art. Part of a series of paintings titled Sweet Dreams, Chocline is a chalk body outline in colorful plastic cupcakes (resembling those served to guests in Iranian households on special occasions). The work is, of course, displayed on the floor, emphasizing the hypnotic and addictive nature of today’s globalized images.

I’m also a big fan of his clever “We Are All Americans” piece.