RugNotes: Monday, June 13, 2005: "Tanavoli, Aghdashlu to discuss status of art in Iran at Oxford
Tanavoli, Aghdashlu to discuss status of art in Iran at Oxford: "Tanavoli, Aghdashlu to discuss status of art in Iran at Oxford
TEHRAN, June 13 (MNA) -- Iranian artists Parviz Tanavoli and Aidin Aghdashlu are to deliver lectures during an international conference which will be surveying the status of Iranian art since the victory of the Islamic Revolution at the University of Oxford from July 11 to July 13.
“I will give a speech on the status of art, particularly sculpture, over about 27 years since the Islamic Revolution at this conference, which will be attended by many Iranologists from around the world. I will also preside over a round table at this cultural event,” Tanavoli said on Monday.
The British Museum also plans to display the latest works of Tanavoli in an exhibition of Islamic art of the Near East in the near future.
Tanavoli, 68, is famous for a series of "nil" statues, which are symbols of life in Iranian mysticism from his point of view.
His works are currently installed in front of Tehran’s City Theater, Laleh Park, and City Park and in museums and open areas in South Korea, the United States, Austria, and Germany.
Painter and graphic designer Aghdashlu is also scheduled to deliver a speech at the conference.
“I have recently finished my research on the subject of my lecture, which is the visual arts since (the victory of) the Islamic Revolution,” said Aghdashlu.
The 65-year-old artist is now preparing for a retrospective on his 40-year career as a graphic designer and painter, which the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art will hold later this year.
A number of Aghdashlu’s works are part of the collections of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, the Niavaran Palace in Tehran, and several other galleries and museums. A few of his artworks are also in private collections.
Except for his individual exhibitions in 1975 and 1997, his works have never been displayed in any other exhibition in Iran because of his “bad experience at those two times”""
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