NEW ORLEANS, La—SPILLMAN | BLACKWELL Fine Art is pleased to announce the opening of A Preservation of Light by New York-based painter Dana Nehdaran. The exhibition opens October 1st and runs through November 23rd. The opening reception will take place October 1st from 6-9pm at 866 Camp Street in the heart of the New Orleans Arts District, in participation with Art for Arts’ Sake Downtown and the First Saturday gallery openings. Guests will enjoy light bites, live jazz in the courtyard by Julian Addison’s “Triple Shot”, and a full bar sponsored by the Sazerac Company, serving the official cocktail of New Orleans—The Sazerac. Dana Nehdaran is an Iranian Jewish artist who studied painting at Sooreh Art University in Shiraz. In 2015, the artist relocated to New York where he currently lives and works. Of the more than eight series created by Nehdaran, all have a focus on the tension between past and present. A Preservation of Light is the newest body of work by the artist and draws inspiration from the famed E.J. Bellocq portraits of the women of New Orleans' historic Storyville district.