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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