Golden gates

Golden Gates is a group of contemporary middle eastern artists

here are some examples of their inspirational images. In my opinion

We do not always look closely at countries that we have political

indifference with. We pigeon hole them into being corrupt and repressive this is an inconclusive and unjust understanding through media and political influence that we are wrongly informed about. History proves that the west has an obvious dislike of the muslim way of life.

These preconceptions can be illustrated by looking at their art and culture.

From my point of view i am very sceptical about western attitudes and beliefs. Why do we ignore the wars we cause, we invade countries and use political nonsense to explain our actions.

We all walk dogs, eat cheese, tell untruths, we are people, we should understand each other a little better!

Ya Ali Madad Ceramic by Iranian artist Khosrow Hassanzadeh.

Iranian Arash Hanaei has named his work Forbidden Zone 1.

Award-winning Egyptian visual artist Amal Kenawy's untitled sculpture is one of the works from contemporary Middle Eastern artists showing at the Golden Gates exhibition.

Champions by Iranian painter Behrang Samadzadegan, who works on large, frameless canvases

An untitled work from Behrouz Rae, who was born in Soviet Azerbaijan but now lives and works in Tehran.

Turkish artist Hale Tenger's We Are So Lightly Here.

Plastic Sandals by the Dubai artist Hassan Sharif.

Egyptian artist Huda Lufti's Femme Gaultier and Egyptian Pop.

Iranian artist Mahmoud Bakhshi's Mother of Nation.

Neda Razavipour, from Iran, has contributed Daily.

You Are A Bad Girl 2 by Simin Keramati, who was born in 1970 in Tehran.

Hassan by Lebanese artist Zena El Khalil.

Egyptian/German artist Susan Hefuna's Anta.

Beautiful Units For Sale by Egyptian artist Wael. I particularly like this image. Black and white is cleverly used as the hues are mainly midtone.