Avish Khebrehzadeh: Backyard and other stories

From my review of "Avish Khebrehzadeh: Backyard and other stories" at the RISD Museum in Providence:

On view are four brief poetic animations by Avish Khebrehzadeh, an Iranian artist who lives in Washington, DC and Italy. They are sweet but often slight, like 2005's A Swim in which a simple, bald schematic figure wades into yellow water and swims. That's it.

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"Avish Khebrehzadeh: Backyard and other stories," RISD Museum, 224 Benefit Street, Providence, Oct. 30, 2009, to March 28, 2010.

Pictured: Avish Khebrehzadeh, "A Swim," 2005.