{"id":2362,"date":"2012-08-23T19:28:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2012\/08\/23\/shirazeh-houshiary-st-martin-in-the-fields\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T17:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T17:19:09","slug":"shirazeh-houshiary-st-martin-in-the-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/shirazeh-houshiary-st-martin-in-the-fields","title":{"rendered":"Shirazeh Houshiary: St. Martin in the Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full tmblr-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/image-29.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/image-29.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/image-29-224x300.jpeg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2008, Shirazeh Houshiary was commissioned to create the East Window for St. Martin in the Fields, London's&nbsp;famous church located in Trafalgar Square. Embodying an abstract cross-infused designed, the window becomes especially poignant given Houshiary\u2019s Iranian ancestry. Considered a bold move by Reverend Nicholas Holtman of St. Martin in the Fields, he remarked:&nbsp;\"The fact that we are standing now in front of a church window designed by an Iranian woman artist, at the beginning of the 21st century, is truly significant\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll have the opportunity to see works by Shirazeh Houshiary stateside with her first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, opening at L.A. Louver on September 6, 2012. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/index.html\">Including her recent sculpture \u201cString Quintet\u201d as well as three paintings, Houshiary\u2019s exhibition will accompany a solo exhibition of recent paintings by Tony Bevan.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both exhibitions will be on view through October 6, 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2008, Shirazeh Houshiary was commissioned to create the East Window for St. Martin in the Fields, London&#8217;s&nbsp;famous church located in Trafalgar Square. Embodying an abstract cross-infused designed, the window becomes especially poignant given Houshiary\u2019s Iranian ancestry. 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