Source: Paradise International
Environmental Art Center
Works by American
and Iranian artists at Tehran Museum of Contemporary
Art
Works of a number of
Iranian artists are juxtaposed with works by twenty four international artists
to showcase manifestation of contemporary art in the form of painting,
sculpture, photography, video art, performance, and installation and to
make spectators experience this diversity of sensitivities and multiplicity of
expressions.
The Reflecting Pool - Bill
Viola
Apocalypse - Behroz Daresh
Ahmad Nadalian - Freed Fish
Work and Life - Susan Lacy
Neither are ethnic
differences involved nor similarities stressed. Neither is the domain of art a
battleground nor a field for competition. The artists employ a special language
to express themselves, Their environment, and the cosmos. What matters to Them
most is to express and to communicate. Art, from this perspective, is a bridge
between the artist and spectators. Abridge connects two sides without any
preference for either. It is the connector of divisions that ignores deep
gorges, tumultuous waters, and cars and express trains. Art has the same
function. Similar to a bridge, art is made of different materials and in various
forms. Hence, the best approach is to put evaluation aside and enjoy, learn
from, contemplate about, and explore art and become sensitive to art
works.
Works of four
international artists, i.e. Bill Viola, Susan Lacy, Masami Teraoka, and Jerri
Allyn, as well as works of twenty photographers from Minnesota, have been
brought to Iran by Marjan Khoshbakhti (Vayghan) and Gary Hallman, respectively.
We appreciate all efforts made by these curators and participating
artists.
Marching Waitresses - Jerri
Allyn
Four projects by Ahmad
Nadalian presented in this exhibition are: Red People, Freed Fish,
Cylinder seals and River Art.
Red People
In his recent trip in
USA (Spring 2007) Nadalian carves
images of American native on fragmented red stones and realizes an environmental
installation named Red People. They refer to the
peoples of a nation whose history has been ignored. American artists
assisted Nadalian to hide these works at some locations in USA
(Kansas City- Missouri and New
Mexico).
Native USA - Nadalian
See the
exhibition at: http://www.riverart.net/exhibitions/index.htm
... Payvand News - 10/1/07 ... --
