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Last year [1] Athena Jahantigh's work was brought to Antibes by ID d'argile, which promotes potters and ceramicists.
The mayor liked the quality of her work and so this year she has a show of her own with its bestiary of horses, gazelles, rams, bulls, and a little beyond, drawing on the commonality of animal memory and Persian stylistic representation. Given the work's uniqueness, its craftsmanship and discipline to achieve effect, the colours, including the signature blue, and its determination to explore the variations on the canon make her a leading creator in these materials in Europe.
A biography in English can be currently found on a New York gallerist's website.
She works from Provence.
This must be a horse but not as we know
one
.... and this beyond
ANIMAL MEMORY
Reviewed by ANDRE BEAUMONT
Each exhibit has a reference number so no titles are given
All Provencal art - remember Picasso's connection to Antibes and Vallauris through pottery and ceramics and his love of the bull - with an international take.