In his most recent exhibition, the Iranian American artist, Ali Banisadr, chose a title that has many layers: ‘Return to Mother,’ which is a translation of the old Sumerian word, ‘Ama-gi’.
The artist speaks to me over Zoom from his studio in Brooklyn. He talks about the exhibition, and what inspires him and his ‘neighbors’ at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. He calls the Met his ‘second home’: “That's where I go whenever I have problems in my work."
