The Artist Project: Y.Z. Kami

Artist Y.Z. Kami reflects on Egyptian mummy portraits in this episode of The Artist Project.
From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"Always in front of a human face you have an emotional reaction."

Artist Y.Z. Kami reflects on Egyptian mummy portraits in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Y.Z. Kami, born in 1956, is an Iranian painter.

Y. Z. Kami (American, born Iran, Teheran 1956)

Man with Violet Eyes, 2013–2014

Oil on linen; 108 × 72 in. (207.3 × 182.9 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery © Y. Z. Kami


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