los angeles art shahryar nashat interview by MAURIZIO CATTELAN and MARTA PAPINI portrait by DANIEL TRESE Swiss artist Shahryar Nashat is part of the recent diaspora of young artists finding an inspiration and a new public in Los Angeles — pushing California’s light and space art toward intimate, cosmetic, and technological abstraction. MAURIZIO CATTELAN AND MARTA PAPINI — How long have you been living in LA? SHAHRYAR NASHAT — Three years. MAURIZIO CATTELAN AND MARTA PAPINI — Is there a red zone in the city — a place you wouldn’t visit unless forced to? SHAHRYAR NASHAT — No. I like to discover. MAURIZIO CATTELAN AND MARTA PAPINI — What do you think is missing in art? SHAHRYAR NASHAT — People who genuinely care about art. MAURIZIO CATTELAN AND MARTA PAPINI — What’s the most fundamental aspect of an artwork, from your point of view? SHAHRYAR NASHAT — To be critical, humorous, and self-deprecating…