Mamali Shafahi - Deep Throats Go Deeper/How Deep Is Your Love?
Photo: Jonathan Bassett, Vitrine Gallery, London Unlike last year*, this year I came back from my summer holidays too late for all the agitation of Paris's art week, with the first 'edition' of Paris+ by Art Basel (replacing the former FIAC), Paris Internationale and so on. But while I was away, Mamali Shafahi had three exhibitions on the go: a solo show at Vitrine Fitzrovia, in London, another at Mitterrand in Paris, and, also in Paris, some works in a group show at Strouk. In these new exhibitions, Shafahi continues to develop his work on sculptural pieces influenced by his father's paintings, now on a larger scale, and using polychrome flocking or glossy black car paint. One of the pieces, at Mitterrand, is like a children's ride, with a motor and a silly electronic ditty. It's a bit late to be posting about these shows now, but as I took some photos... The following photos are all my own. At Mitterrand: And at Strouk: Here is the link to the solo show at Vit