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Visitors on the opening night of RRH's floor piece, 'My Mother Eats Flowers and Kisses Men and I'm Counting the Birds Migrating South' (2012–14), at Parthenogenesis at NYU Abu Dhabi. Photo: John Varghese
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Hesam Rahmanian, Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh in their home and studio in Dubai. Photo: Maaziar Sadr
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An installation of the 'Where's Waldo?' series (2018-21) by Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh and their collaborator Hesam Rahmanian, collectively known as RRH. For this series, they painted on images from the news media. Photo: John Varghese
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To make the 'Alluvium' (2021–22) series, the trio danced for the Bangladeshi welder Mohammed Rahis Mollah, who translated their poses into sculpture. They then balanced their hand-painted ceramic plates on the work. Photo: John Varghese
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The trio danced for the Bangladeshi welder Mohammed Rahis Mollah, who translated their poses into sculpture. They then balanced their hand-painted ceramic plates on the work, called 'Alluvium'. Photo: John Varghese
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A section in Parthenogenesis looks at RRH's home/studio space, with images taken of the site by Farah Al Qasimi and a video by Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi. The latter documents the 'Garden of Grandmother' collages (centre, left) when they were first made in 2012. Photo: John Varghese
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RRH have created a model inspired by the Mehregan mental hospital in Tehran, on the same street as their childhood home in which they collaborated before moving to Dubai. Photo: John Varghese
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Visitors on the opening night of RRH's floor piece, 'My Mother Eats Flowers and Kisses Men and I'm Counting the Birds Migrating South' (2012–14), at Parthenogenesis at NYU Abu Dhabi. Photo: John Varghese
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Hesam Rahmanian, Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh in their home and studio in Dubai. Photo: Maaziar Sadr
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An installation of the 'Where's Waldo?' series (2018-21) by Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh and their collaborator Hesam Rahmanian, collectively known as RRH. For this series, they painted on images from the news media. Photo: John Varghese
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To make the 'Alluvium' (2021–22) series, the trio danced for the Bangladeshi welder Mohammed Rahis Mollah, who translated their poses into sculpture. They then balanced their hand-painted ceramic plates on the work. Photo: John Varghese
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The trio danced for the Bangladeshi welder Mohammed Rahis Mollah, who translated their poses into sculpture. They then balanced their hand-painted ceramic plates on the work, called 'Alluvium'. Photo: John Varghese
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/M5G6GFY2HJBR3LGJ7VN4WY32CM.jpeg?smart=true&auth=38a07f86a5a13c5b8a6da4a75f28ea063759cf88718360cc5c61945f64ec723e&width=400&height=225)
A section in Parthenogenesis looks at RRH's home/studio space, with images taken of the site by Farah Al Qasimi and a video by Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi. The latter documents the 'Garden of Grandmother' collages (centre, left) when they were first made in 2012. Photo: John Varghese
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RRH have created a model inspired by the Mehregan mental hospital in Tehran, on the same street as their childhood home in which they collaborated before moving to Dubai. Photo: John Varghese
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Visitors on the opening night of RRH's floor piece, 'My Mother Eats Flowers and Kisses Men and I'm Counting the Birds Migrating South' (2012–14), at Parthenogenesis at NYU Abu Dhabi. Photo: John Varghese
Parthenogenesis review: Dubai collective emphasises spirit of collaboration in Abu Dhabi
First institutional retrospective of work by Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian is at NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery
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Melissa Gronlund
10 April, 2022
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