HF Hafiz – Arabesc

Artist:  HF Hafiz                                                        

Signed (symbol on vase).  Verso:  Signed and Titled    Framed: 19″ X 23″.  HF Hafiz

This vibrant image from Iranian artist HF Hafiz is a triumph in conceptual art
pushing the boundaries of theological and authoritarian censorship.  Featuring a nude woman wearing only a royal head
covering AND a cross, HF Hafiz turns the female empowerment-tiger meme into one
of challenge to traditions of propriety and cultural restraint.

Provenance
of this painting can be established by the slight scratch to the tiger’s
face.  This scratch occurred when the cat
of a previous owner attacked it .