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Ali Banisadr, “My paintings are time machines.”

What gave you the motivation to become an artist?

I was attracted to art at a very young age. It was for me fundamental and my paintings were an attempt to understand the world around me. I grew up in Iran, during the revolution and the eight years of war with

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