Yesterday Came Suddenly - Sonya-Schonberger

“Yesterday Came Suddenly” opens at Atbin Art Gallery, Tehran on Friday 29th of Jan, 2010.
The Drawings and installation by German Artist Sonya Schönberger is curated by Amirali Ghasemi, Tehran and it’s the 1st exhibition of a series of solo shows by international artists in Iran organized by parkingallery, in various galleries of Tehran. There is a small catalog will be launched in the occasion of the exhibition by newbookz, and a limited edition poster printed in silkscreen designed by Shahab Tondar.
The Exhibition will continue till feb 4th, 2010 , 5-9 pm. The artist herself will be present in the gallery at the opening. further info on the time and date of the artist talk  and presentation will be announced soon.

Atbin Art Gallery founded in 2000 in Tehran by an art lover family and is dedicated to supporting and introducing young artists and new talents.

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Date-painting by NimaEsmailpour

Date-painting, an exhibition of Painting/Installation by Nima Esmailpour just opened last Friday, Jan 22nd 2010. The 2nd show of  the brand new  Mohsen Gallery is dedicated to a young artist,  1985 born  Nima Esmailpour previously collaborated with parkingallery in International Roaming Biennial of Tehran and in Limited Access II. You can catch the artist, performing in one of the rooms from 23rd to 25th of Jan.

The catalog of the exhibition features a text  by Omid Mehregan in the ocassion of the exhibition, he will speak to public on Monday 25th Jan. 5pm. The Exhibition will be on view till 27th of Jan and bisting hours are from 4-8.
If you wanna get there, without a car, might have to walk  for a while in the rich Tehrani zafar destrict, starting from Modaress  Zafar Juction. here is a hint to a shortcut instead of  walking in to Dastgerdi (Zafar) St. walk along the Moaddress Highway  eastern sidewalk toward south and without giving yourself a hard time you will find a narrow alley which lead you to Eastern Mina Street and Number is 42 and by now you can see the yellow sign of the gallery on your right and ther you are. You can have a drink and maybe a snack in the small cafe teria located in the backyard,after seeing some art, Enjoy! (more…)

Tehran Undated by Mehran Mohajer

Tehran, Undated
تهران، بدون تاریخ

An exhibition by Mehran Mohajer
Azad Art Gallery
نمایشگاه مهران مهاجر
نگارخانه طراحان آزاد

دوم تا چهاردم بهمن ماه هزار و سیصد و هشتاد و هشت
ساعت چهار تا هشت
نگارخانه طراحان آزاد
میدان فاطمی، میدان گلها، میدان سلماس شماره پنج

22th Jan – Feb 3rd 2010
Daily Visiting Hours: Fri – Wed 4-8 pm
Azad Art Gallery
No 5, Salmas Square, Golha Square, Tehran

ویدئو و چیدمان بیتــــــا فیاضی
INSTALLATION AND VIDEO PROJECTION BY BITA FAYYAZI

نگارستــــــــان آن
AUN GALLERY

گشایش: آدینه 2 بهمن 1388 – ساعت 16 تا 20نمایشگاه تا 27 بهمن برقرار است
زمان بازدید: یکشنبه تا آدینه – ساعت 11 الی 20
Opening: Friday 22 January 2010 at 16:00
Exhibition runs until 16 February 2010
Visiting hours: Sunday to Friday 11:00 to 20:00
40  تهران. ونک. خیابان سئول. شماره ,
no. 40, Seoul Ave., Vanak, Tehran
Tel:+982188603050 Fax:982188603051
poster designed by Iman raad
www.bitaworks.com
www.aungallery.com

IRAN Vs. Guided by Amirali Ghasemi at PiST///
PiST/// Interdisciplinary Project Space has started its Artist Information project on May 2007 to focus on Istanbul and Turkey’s contemporary art production. On 2010 this project will cross borders to focus on contemporary art practices abroad. The first country of this research series will be Iran, a neighboring country with a 499 km border with Turkey. Its capital Tehran is 66 hours away from Istanbul by train and 3 hours by plane. Iran is one of a few countries that does not request a visa from Turkish passport holders. There is a 1,5 hours time difference in between them. Both countries have a population of over 70 billion. While there is a lack of local support for the contemporary art production in Turkey, it is the opposite in Iran, rather it is difficult to get international support.
Amirali Ghasemi is an independent curator and media artist from Tehran. He is the founder of the independent art space Parkingallery and since 1998 he continues his projects there, in different countries / cities and online. Starting from January 2010, Saturday and for the following 4 weeks, PiST will start a research period with the guidance of Amirali on Iranian contemporary art. This instruction, research and discussion period will start with cliches and prejudices, and by the second week Amirali will return back to Tehran and we will continue screening those works of Iranian artists curated by him. The screenings will continue by Q&A sessions via a skype connection to Parkingallery with Amirali and those artists he will invite. On May 2010 Parkingallery will screen works from Turkey with the guidance of PiST and we will answer those questions forwarded from Tehran to Istanbul for 4 weeks.

* The talks will be in English and there is a limited space for 30 people.

Fragmentary is an audio work by Nima Pourkarimi which was a part of  Limited Sound in parkingallery’s recent exhibition Limited Access II, the video is made by Police Disco Light and it consist of one take VJ set using a flashlight and a Laser light on a cam connected to Resolume.

Enjoy!

Clowns Can't Have Babies by Samira-Eskandarfar

Azad Art Gallery – Tehran, Presents CLOWNS CAN’T HAVE BABIES  Paintings by Samira Eskandarfar, the exhibition opens on Friday, 08 of January 2010. The exhibition will be on till Saturday, 23 January 2010,from 16:00 to 20:00.

…Talking about the subjects of the “Clowns can’t have babies” series is really difficult, since any attempt to decode the artworks will only result in a very personal understanding of the works in regards of one’s own personal experiences. The subjects of the artworks are based on common human feelings with emphasis on the sexuality factor. The only difference is that it tends to narrate deeper and more subconscious layers. Sexuality as a factor that generates a broad spectrum of all kinds of relations gets more focus and manages to form a considerable part of the meaning which often is accompanied with a dark humor. A chaotic world that all the creatures, objects and humans are put together, mixed or related to each other in a maniac and an apparent irrelevant way which eventually produce a new meaning and space in the artworks. All these events together tend to convert the artworks to a poetic phenomenon which the artworks themselves get the chance to introduce their poetic standards to the audience, while the writings on the artworks get to finalize its poetic mystery….

An extract from the introduction note by Hamed Sahihi from the Exhibition Catalog

SOT and ICY, two of our favorite graffiti artists from Tabriz. They are showing thier recent STENCIL artworks at Mehrin Gallery,Tehran. The exhibition is on from 8th to 13th of January, 2010,
and opening hours are from 15:00 until 19:00.

Wanna see of their stuff, check out their video Kids Love Peace

from ICY And SOT on Vimeo.

Mehrin art Gallery
No.33 – 2nd 12th Metri – Golestan 20th Metri Alikhani -
South of Vanak park – Tehran -
tell : +9821  8824 0946 & +9821 8803 1652

The other
Group Exhibition

The image through the mirror (digital image) - Nikoo Tarkhani

Samira Eskandarfar, Nima Esmailpour, Nikoo Tarkhani, Jinoos Taghizadeh, Farid Jafari Samarghandi, Melodi Hoseynzadeh, Ahmad Zolfagharian, Behrouz Rae, Behrang Samadzadegan, Hamed Sahihi, Samira Alikhandzadeh, Amirali Ghasemi, Babak Kazemi, Sohrab M. Kashani, Behnam Kamrani, Katayoun Karami, Barbad Golshiri

Music by Kaveh Kateb

A new Art Gallery opens in Tehran
Mohsen Art Gallery is hosting its 1st exhibition with “The Other”, the show is curated by Ali Ettehad Born in Sari, 1983 is one of the artists/writers who is joining the growing numbers of curators contributing to Tehran’s contemporary Art  scene.Also Aydin Aghdashloo and Hamid Severi will talk as guest speakers for occasion of the exhibition at the opening.
Mohsen Art Gallery named after Mohsen rasoulov, the late Iranian curator, filmmaker and photographer lost his life in a tragical plane crash at the age of 25.
Opening : Friday 8 January 2010 from 5 to 9 pm.
The exhibition will be on view till 20th of Jan, 2010.

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Isolation Glove by Majid Asiabi

Parkingallery wishes you a successful year ahead, We hope that this year will be a great year for Iranian Contemporary arts too, and the curators who visit Iran take off the isolation gloves/glasses from their eyes … Here is an artwork by a young graphic designer Majid Asiabi, who is based in tabriz and we recently came across his works while surfing internet, and we hope collaborate with him in the future.