The painting’s power lies in allowing multiple readings to coexist. Rather than nostalgia, it provokes questions—an essentially contemporary spirit that has drawn attention to Bita Vakili in the Middle Eastern art scene.
Bita Vakili
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Bita Vakili and a Garden That Remembers History -
Music and Song by Mohammadreza Ebrahimi for Bita Vakili’s Painting Iran, the Endless Poem in the Raha Gallery Collection / VideoMohammadreza Ebrahimi, the well-known musician, has composed an original piece of music for Iran, the Endless Poem by Bita Vakili, an artwork held in the Raha Gallery Collection. In addition, Ebrahimi has written a song specifically for this painting and has personally performed it.
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UAE National Day and Bita Vakili’s Painting in the Raha Gallery CollectionThe fusion of the Abu Dhabi mosque (tradition) with the towers (modernity) re-creates a visual discourse of Emirati identity—an identity rising from the earth and reaching toward the sky. Beita Vakili’s painting, housed in the Raha Gallery Middle East Collection, illustrates that today’s UAE is the result of the coexistence of tradition and technology, faith and development, Islamic architecture and global innovation—a nation looking toward the future while never forgetting its roots. Beyond…
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Bita Vakili: I Have Been Using Vesta Color Products for Years - Video"More than 50 percent of my worktable is filled with Vesta products."
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Bita Vakili and the $35,000 Painting at Christie’s 2011: An Orchestra of Colors in MotionThe explosive and organic palette, the richly textured surfaces, and the dynamic movement sweeping across the canvas transform this painting into a visual living organism.
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A Day Among Colors: Renowned Iranian Artists Visit the Vesta Color Factory - videoWatch the video captured during the visit of renowned Iranian artists to the Vesta Color factory, where they explored the paint production process and other sections while engaging in discussions with the brand's managers.
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Bita Vakili and the $40,000 “Oil Highway” at Christie’s Dubai / Environmental WarningsThis untitled work by Bita Vakili, known as “Oil Highway,” was auctioned for $40,000 at Christie’s Dubai on October 21, 2014. Many art theorists praised the piece’s aesthetic value and its wide horizontal format, and commended the painter’s environmental awareness.
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Bita Vakili and “Guardian of Treasure”Although humans are not physically present in Bita Vakili's paintings, she says that the “Guardian of Treasure” series is a celebration of those who have contributed to the earth's beauty.
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Bita Vakili: Middle Eastern Women Painters Face Numerous Obstacles | Only Complete Six Paintings AnnuallyI have produced no more than 280 paintings in the last thirty years, at most, and I am pleased that at least 200 of them have been sold to renowned collections. All of them are visible. I am very pleased that my latest exhibition at the Nian Art Gallery in Tehran sold extremely well, despite Iran's terrible economic situation.