Monday, February 14, 2011

Works of Art - Photos

German Theatre Great Peter Stein beside Iranian Theatre Great Hamid Samandarian, after Stein's performance of Faust Fantasia

Wax Statue of the above Hamid Samandarian just outside the theatre named after him, which, by the way, is a better flexible black box facility than anything in Toronto. 

The gals at check in, and their snappy outfits

A student/artist cafe in Tehran

Art on the wall in the above cafe

Photos of street graffiti, c. 1979, from the Iranian Contemporary Art museum


The Passage of Time, by Reza Banqiz, at the Iranian Contemporary Art museum

 
Heaven and Earth, side view - 7 etched glass panels,
by Seyed Nezameddin Emamifar, at the Iranian Contemporary Art museum

Heaven and Earth, front view - 7 etched glass panels, 
by Seyed Nezameddin Emamifar, at the Iranian Contemporary Art museum

Detail of a carpet at Iran's Carpet Museum, Tehran

Zodiac Carpet, at the Carpet Museum

My sign

Tile art, Tehran

Street Art!

Bronze Slippers by a concrete door sculpture, outside the Carpet Museum, Tehran

Inside the door, looking up

Street Mural, North Tehran

All kinds of goodness

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and a selection of contemporary Iranian artworks, from some of the artists whose work i saw:

Morteza Teimori

Morteza Teimori

Morteza Teimori

Arman Stepaniyan

Arman Stepaniyan

Babak Kazemi

Babak Kazemi


Babak Kazemi


Estabragh Mousavi Fard


Estabragh Mousavi Fard

















1 comment:

  1. Hey Ross,

    Good stuff on the blog. I hope you're keeping yourself safe--I was reading about the protests today. Apparently they're happening in various cities in Iran. Take care!

    David J.

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