Amir H. Fallah: The Art of Resilience
Works In Progress is the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture podcast. It's available everywhere you listen to podcasts: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, and Pandora.
UCLA Arts alumnus, artist, and this year's keynote commencement speaker Amir H. Fallah M.F.A. ‘05 joins Works In Progress to discuss his initial interests in art, skateboarding, and graffiti; how he has time after time had to sink or swim; the ups and downs of being an independent magazine publisher; and the therapeutic power of his 2023 Fowler Museum exhibition, The Fallacy of Borders.
Born in Tehran, Fallah draws on a wide range of traditions and finds inspiration in intersections of cultures from around the globe in his adoptive city of Los Angeles. He works fluidly across genres and media and regularly contends with themes of inheritance and appropriation, diaspora and homeland. His work challenges viewers to question and transcend the boundaries and borders that separate people, cultures, and even artistic practices.
He has exhibited extensively across the U.S. and abroad, but in 2023, Fallah returned to UCLA for his critically acclaimed exhibition, The Fallacy of Borders, at the Fowler Museum. It was the first solo L.A. museum presentation of his work.
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Header image: Amir H. Fallah at work in his studio. (Joshua K. Flynn)
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