Ashe kashke Pollock-e, bokhori pAteh nakhori pAteh!
My mum's Ashe Reshteh (persian noodle soup) and a Jackson Pollock's painting!
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If you like Abstract Expressionism, you might also like Koobism (Persian Cubism):
The picture on the right is of Rachel Whiteread's Embankment, the latest art installation to occupy Tate Modern's Turbine Hall.
Whiteread has created a labyrinth-like structure, made from 14,000 casts of the inside of different boxes, stacked to occupy Turbine Hall's huge space. Since the gallery opened in 2000, six artists have risen to the challenge of filling the 155 m x 35 m (500 ft x 115 ft) space.
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This bed cover knitted by my mother is now my laptop?s desktop background image.
Lapis lazuli head of a modern Persian!
The Guardian and the British Museum hosted a public forum on what ancient Persia tells us about modern Iran on Tuesday October 18 2005.
>> You can listen to the full debate here.