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Persi Darukhanawala

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Persi Darukhanawala creates paintings which belong to everyone who chooses to look, challenging prevailing ideas around boundaries between artist and observer.
The outcome of Persi’s craft comes second to the dialogue he hopes it will spark in the reaction of the viewer.
The ‘centre-under-siege’ is a recurrent theme in Darukhanawala’s circular artworks which he often refers to as “songs”.

The art of Persian Zoroastrian artist Persi Darukhanawala is about communication and connection. Persi creates abstract and minimalist paintings which call into question expectations surrounding how art should be received and understood. Unsettling and restarting the dialogue between creator and observer stands at the heart of Darukhanawala’s artistic practice. His work provides viewers with the freedom to metabolize their own pathway of communication with his art, prizing their inner response and understanding, away from prevailing and oppressive narratives.

Persi Darukhanawala’s artistic process

Persi works almost exclusively in acrylic on paper. A sense of conservation or even existential continuance is fundamental to the ethos of Persi’s artistic process. His circular artworks - the circle being a Zoroastrian symbol of eternity - such as The Flames of Andy Warhol and Prisoner Number One - Pain Grey often show a clear centre under siege. These open-and-between spaces define and expand the moment where the artist and viewer meet; a contained period of self-awareness and transformation where the viewer is invited to explore their own, individual response to the piece, again and again, and again.

Early Career and Awards

Persi’s interest in the art of language and communication was piqued during his studies of German and French before he went on to pursue an MA at London’s Courtauld Institute of Art. Persi has consistently attracted significant academic and commercial interest since the beginning of his career. Recently, he was shortlisted for the prestigious Art Olympia Prize 2017 in Tokyo, for which he was given Honourable Mention.

Persi Darukhanawala Artworks

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    Could life ever be sane again (panic orange)? by Persi Darukhanawala
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    Could life ever be sane again (panic orange)? by Persi Darukhanawala
    Could life ever be sane again (panic orange)?
    Paintings - 77x57 cmRent for $205 /mo
    The Flames of Andy Warhol by Persi Darukhanawala
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    The Flames of Andy Warhol by Persi Darukhanawala
    The Flames of Andy Warhol
    Paintings - 90x70 cmRent for $215 /mo
    Speak like a child (groove-y green) by Persi Darukhanawala
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    Speak like a child (groove-y green) by Persi Darukhanawala
    Speak like a child (groove-y green)
    Paintings - 90x70 cmRent for $215 /mo
    Speak like a child (modest blue) by Persi Darukhanawala
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    Speak like a child (modest blue) by Persi Darukhanawala
    Speak like a child (modest blue)
    Paintings - 90x70 cmRent for $215 /mo
    Speak like a child (magnetic red) by Persi Darukhanawala
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    Speak like a child (magnetic red) by Persi Darukhanawala
    Speak like a child (magnetic red)
    Paintings - 90x70 cmRent for $215 /mo
    Prisoner number one (pain grey) by Persi Darukhanawala
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    Prisoner number one (pain grey) by Persi Darukhanawala
    Prisoner number one (pain grey)
    Paintings - 90x70 cmRent for $215 /mo
    Tommy gun by Persi Darukhanawala
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    Tommy gun by Persi Darukhanawala
    Tommy gun
    Paintings - 90x70 cmRent for $500 /mo
    Me and you - and you and me by Persi Darukhanawala
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    Me and you - and you and me by Persi Darukhanawala
    Me and you - and you and me
    Paintings - 90x70 cmRent for $500 /mo
    Shine the light: mehr nicht! by Persi Darukhanawala
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    Shine the light: mehr nicht! by Persi Darukhanawala
    Shine the light: mehr nicht!
    Paintings - 90x70 cmRent for $500 /mo
    Jump through loneliness: but no matter what they say ... by Persi Darukhanawala
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    Jump through loneliness: but no matter what they say ... by Persi Darukhanawala
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    Le tourbillon: chacun pour soi est reparti by Persi Darukhanawala
    Le tourbillon: chacun pour soi est reparti
    Paintings - 76x56 cmRent for $165 /mo
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    On s'est reconnu by Persi Darukhanawala
    On s'est reconnu
    Paintings - 76x56 cmRent for $205 /mo
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    Glazed, dirty steps ... by Persi Darukhanawala
    Glazed, dirty steps ...
    Paintings - 56x20 cmRent for $110 /mo
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    Dodging 'tween the flak by Persi Darukhanawala
    Dodging 'tween the flak
    Paintings - 122x152 cmRent for $470 /mo
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    An SOS through the wall ... by Persi Darukhanawala
    An SOS through the wall ...
    Paintings - 152x122 cmRent for $470 /mo
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    But I'm Different Now (black) by Persi Darukhanawala
    But I'm Different Now (black)
    Paintings - 76x56 cmRent for $205 /mo

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