Lot 120: - Shirin Aliabadi , Iranian B. 1973 Miss Hybrid 1 ink jet print

signed on a label affixed to the reverse ink jet print

measurements note 150 by 114cm.; 59 by 44 7/8 in.

Copenhagen, The Middle East for Middle East Festival, 2006, n.p, illustration of another example in colour
Denmark, Kolding Design School, Iranian Art, 2006
Freiburg, Museum of New Art, Iran.com, 2006, illustration of another example in colour
Zurich, Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Dreamscape, 2007

Executed in 2006, this work is an artist's proof aside from an edition of 5.
'In light of the current fashion trends among young Iranian women, this project aims at capturing the aesthetic nuances that shape, reshape and reinvent the identity of the new Iranian girl.
Under the auspice of the Islamic veil, the "In look" is blond hair, blue, green or grey contact lenses, occasional facial piercing and most importantly, surgical nose tape which seems to have become a status symbol and fashion must-have among the middle class.
Miss Hybrid can be seen as a make-believe alternative beauty pageant believing that natural beauty is unfair, elitist and outdated, while artificial beauty sparked by an insatiable need to transform into someone else, cosmetic surgery included, can be regarded as a healthy exercise in cultural rebellion and global integration.'

Shirin Aliabadi