Artwork Description
Nicky Nodjoumi – Language of Violence, Version 2
Dimensions: 33 x 26″ paper
Year: 2018
Medium: 5-color lithograph
Nicky Nodjoumi’s The Language of Violence lithograph is signed by the artist. Nicky Nodjoumi’s works explore the legacies of personal and collective trauma—including the artist’s own experiences of the Islamic republic of Iran, from which he was displaced. Nodjoumi’s flattened, dream-like figures reference Persian history, animals, and Western men inspired by news clippings. His work is rooted as much in his imagination as it is in recognizable history. Nodjoumi’s work has been collected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.