By Syma Sayyah, Tehran
The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) once in a while does something truly great and very Persian. This time the new
exhibition of masterpieces of Persian Paintings may be considered a great
achievement. They have gathered works from several Iranian museums as well as
the Golestan Palace and put them all in one place for viewers; to see, to imagine and dream on when they see
these masterpieces of Iran's most distinguished artists.
A page from Shahnameh
This was a real treat and I was lucky to catch it and see this lovely
exhibition before it ended on 5th May. During the exhibition, there was a very informative educational video
which explained the different schools and periods of the works on display which
was very helpful and enlightening like the rest of the exhibition.
Page from Shahnameh
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Shahnameh
I was so impressed with the simplicity of the frames which gave room to
wonder over the works on display alone. The only shortcoming to me was the fact
that once again the book which is expected to accompany the exhibition was not
yet available. However, my congratulations to the curator and museum staff who
were behind this work.
Work of Iranian master
Behzad
I have a few pictures for you that I bought from the museum which I have
scanned for you; but please go to the TMCA
site and enjoy the beauties of the works there, over 16 pages
of them. You will be impressed how much you may like it. Give it a
go!
Page from Shahnameh
TMCA: http://www.ir-tmca.com/index.htm
The
exhibition page: http://www.ir-tmca.com/exhibition/negargari/moreinfo.htm
