Summary
- Uffner & Liu presents Arghavan Khosravi’s What Remains in New York through July 2, 2026
- The exhibition features multi-paneled sculptural canvases and her new Altar Series
- Works blend Persian miniature traditions with surrealist, mixed‑media compositions
Uffner & Liu in New York is presenting What Remains, a solo exhibition by Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi. Marking her third solo showcase with the gallery, the exhibition unveils a compelling evolution in Khosravi’s dynamic studio practice.
The showcase brings together three large-scale wall works, a freestanding sculpture and a suite of intimate, small-scale multi-media compositions. Each piece operates as an intricate, multi-dimensional system—featuring hinged panels, divided surfaces, and elements that shift between compartments—collapsing traditional distinctions between structural canvas and painted image.
Central to the exhibition is the debut of her Altar Series, a group of seven intimate compositions that occupy the gallery’s front room. Taking medieval European devotional altarpieces as their formal point of departure, these works mirror the compact scale, hinged shutters, and physical movability of their historical source material. However, Khosravi fundamentally subverts their original symbolic function; rather than offering spiritual resolution or religious dogma, the works use formal division, suspended cords, and structural interruptions to stage psychological and political moments that actively resist closure.
Other standout pieces include “Suspended,” a meticulous portrait constructed from acrylic, wood panel, leather cord and plexiglass, as well as the monumental wall assemblages “The Whisper” and “Bearing, “the latter of which depicts a female figure supporting an unstable, leaking Persian building.
Arghavan Khosravi’s What Remains will remain on view at Uffner & Liu until July 2, 2026.
Uffner & Liu
170 Suffolk Street
New York, NY 10002
