NEW YORK, June 20, 2014 — Artist Shiva Ahmadi offers insights into her animation Lotus, on view in Asia Society Museum's In Focus series in Summer 2014, including the work's political undertones, how it relates to two Buddhas in the Asia Society Museum collection, and the arduous process of adapting the original painting into a single-channel animation. (8 min., 44 sec.)

Shiva Ahmadi: In Focus (exhibition web page)
Artist Profile: Shiva Ahmadi (related video)