YZ Kami b Kamran

Y.Z. Kami (b. Kamran Youssefzadeh, 1956) is an Iranian-American artist based in New York City. Kami is recognized for using oil paint to achieve a dry, matte surface, similar to those of frescoes in Byzantine and early Renaissance art. ⁠ ⁠ Kami is renowned for his portraits and mixed media abstraction, using forms to examine light, infinity, and the act of looking. The Endless Prayer works—made by gluing minute brick-shaped cutouts from Persian, Arabic, Aramaic, and Hebrew texts into circles—recall the ritual of prayer and the mosaics of sacred architecture and the brick patterns of domes. ⁠ ⁠ Works from The Endless Prayer series will be on show with Leila Heller Gallery (Dubai/New York) in the Contemporary section at Art Dubai in March. Pictured: Y. Z. Kami, 'Endless Prayers XVIII' (2007).⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #ArtDubai #Dubai #AD2020 #ContemporaryArt #Art #UAE #ArtFair #YZKami #Byzantine #Renaissance #ArabicArt #Isalmiacart #Hebrewart #Aramaicart #Architecture #Sacredarchitecture #Abstraction @leilahellergallery⁠