Makan Emadi Interviewed by Canadian Broadcasting about his Islamic Erotica Series

Makan (Max) Emadi is still on a roll with all the attention his series of paintings "Islamic Erotica" is getting. He was interviewed yesterday by CBC Radio One's Jian Ghomeshi on the "Q: Your daily dose of arts, culture and entertainment" broadcast.

You can listen to the interview online by going to Podcast Makan Emadi interview CBC Radio One: Q.

What do you think about Max Emadi's series of paintings representing Islamic women in the classic pin-up style? View Makan Emadi's "Islamic erotica" and "Femme Fatale" paintings and post your comments.

Max Emadi's Femme Fatale Series

In a journey that continues to explore his Islamic roots and the role of women in the Muslim world, Makan (Max) Emadi has started another series of paintings that focuses on the Islamic dress code for women (hijab). As compared to his prior "Calendar Girl Series", the Femme Fatale series so far has focused totally on the eyes and head of the subject.

I'm sure Iranian-born Makan (Max) Emadi is well-aware of his intentions in naming the series "Femme Fatale". As the Wikipedia posting for femme fatale states:

A femme fatale is an alluring and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. She is an archetypal character of literature and art.

The phrase is French for "fatal (or "deadly") woman." A femme fatale tries to achieve her hidden purpose by using feminine wiles such as beauty, charm, and sexual allure. Typically, she is exceptionally well-endowed with these qualities. In some situations, she uses lying or coercion rather than charm...

In social life, the femme fatale tortures her lover in an asymmetrical relationship, denying confirmation of her affection. She usually drives him to the point of obsession and exhaustion so that he is incapable of making rational decisions.

femme fatale Wikipedia

As with all of Max's series of paintings, it will be interesting to observe over time how it evolves and where it will eventually lead him. Who will lead who in this dance with the siren?

Max Emadi to be featured in Russian Magazine

California-based artist Max Emadi is hoping that his recent interview with Khooligan will actually one day see the watery light of day on Moscow's newsstands. If it does so, the publishers of the art, fashion, and trends magazine will be braver than Radio Free Europe which recently dropped its intended airing of an interview with Max because they decided he was too hot to handle. The problem and the attraction is Max Emadi's Islamic erotica series that features veiled Islamic women in provocative poses. So perhaps the glossy Russian magazine will shame Radio Free Europe and show them what freedom of speech is all about

Max shared with us the transcript of the interview and asked that we publish it here on Ariki Art. If you read Russian and can get your hands on the edition of Khooligan that will feature Max, then all power to you, but if you can't read Russian, or just can't wait for the Russian version to come out, you can read Khooligan magazine's interview with Max Emadi here.

Aritst Max Emadi Making Headlines

ArikiArt member Max (Makan) Emadi has sure been making headlines for himself lately with his controversial series of paintings that features Islamic women.

When a Russian newspaper ran a story about Max recently, that was quickly followed by an email for Radio Free Europe requesting an interview with Max. Now the senior editor of a glossy magazine from Russia called "Khooligan" has contacted Max about running a story on Max in the magazine.

The price of fame has been some "interesting" email for Max, for example an email from Tajikistan that begins:

"Each moslem having seen such your scoffy work about muslim women first coming to mind to kill you..."

Max's piece of George Bush stripped bare as the fabled emperor does seem to get the writer's approval we presume when he writes near the end of his email

"You painted helly George Bush beautifully but our moslems????"

Virgin #71

Pulling no punches at all, Max Emadi completes two series of paintings that have been running concurrently over the last couple of years with a painting of the 71st Virgin, a woman in Islamic veil and dress holding an AK47. The title is a reference to the virgins that greet Islamic martyrs upon their arrival in heaven.

You can view this and other paintings in the series in the flesh in May. Terrorists and Freedom Fighters Exhibition by Max Emadi

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4 Years Later Is George Bush Sleeping Soundly?

With the passing of the 4th anniversary of the commencement of the invasion of Iraq this week on Tuesday April 20th, we continue to wonder if George Bush is sleeping soundly. Although this mixed media piece was completed by Max Emadi in 2004, it is still just as timely, and perhaps even more so.

Max Emadi has featured George Bush in three works. Sleeping Soundly, the work seen to the left, Portrait of George Bush After JFK, and George Bush in the Emperor's New Clothes.

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