I was first drawn to the colors and the circular patterns of Hadieh Shafie’s work when I first saw it. There is an exhibit of her work, Ritual: Form, Script, Gesture, through the Popup Art Project in a gallery space just off the lobby of the Artery Building in Bethesda through December 18th. I hope I get a chance to see it. Scheduling is tight with the holidays. I like her work for the color, paper medium, abstract pattern, hidden meaning, popup-3-dimensional nature, op-art style and the tremedous time involved to produce it. The article, Paperpatterncolorculture by Emily Warner on the Brooklyn Rail is pretty descriptive. Honestly, if these works…