Article: Everybody's Born an Artist.(Faridun Negmat-Zoda art at the UN)(Brief Article)(Interview)

The World of United Nations Peoples

"How did you get your hair to do that?" A lady at the guest sign-in table stared at the top of my bead. Zoda, a dark-haired native of Tajikistan, also looked.

"It's a twisted braid", I offered. But I understood their curiosity. The texture and design of Afro-hair allows it to literally stand on end and defy gravity.

Many of the subjects in painter Faridun Negmat-Zoda's artwork do just that. Women, horses and even corncobs levitate. Such pieces in "Art is Alive," the exhibition of Tajik art in the UN south lobby in November 2000, glorify the spiritual aspects of our world.

The Dream fascinated me. It ...

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