PATTERNS
Nazgol Ansarinia’s Solo Show at Aun Art Gallery

Fri, 28 May 2010 – Fri, 18 Jun 2010

Click here to see the works on Aun Art Gallery webiste

The exhibition “Patterns” consists of works from two series Ansarinia has been working on for the past three years; Nonflammable, Non-stick, Non-stain  from 2009-2010 and Patterns from 2007-2009. These works are shown together because, according to the artist, there are enough similarities and differences between them that makes them complimentary to each other.

In a way both series are based on finding ways to insert information and further meaning onto objects already familiar and perhaps overlooked. The work series Patterns uses the Persian carpet as an everyday object to do so. This collection of drawings inspired by the familiar images and experiences of life in Iran plays with the visual potentials of this wold-recognised object/image. While the main subjects are contemporary, the drawings retain the structure of carpets and combine new images with the original patterns. These new patterns are therefore familiar in terms of their form but convey very different meanings to that of their origin.

In Nonflammable, Non-stick, Non-stain, the objects used and the subject matter are again both based on mundanities, but this time the method for their combination is less apparent, or in other words it is more abstract or coded. The plastic sofreh or table cloth is an unremarkable object found in most Iranian homes but sofreh in its literal sense is also a metaphor for one’s economic status in Iranian culture. Playing with the literal meaning and its actual functionality, sofreh is used as a medium to carry data about the repetitious subject of daily expenses. Visually manipulating the original decorative patterns of the plastic tablecloths, statistical reports of daily expenses are inserted onto these everyday used objects. The method of building a system by relating numerical values to visuals is not unlike the way visuals are used in representing statistics in different fields of science. However the purpose of these visual charts is not to simplify data, but for them to morph into common patterns.

Sam Keshmiri and Shahab Tondar were this month’s guests of Patil art group in Kashan…
Presenting their works and publications by NEWBOOKZ.

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TEHRAN ZOO

Arash Radkia + Arash Khakpour

TEHRAN ZOO is an experimental documentary by up and coming Iranian film makers Arash Khakpour and Arash Radkia. The film portrays the wildlife zoo in Tehran, Iran.Tehran zoo has been shown in Tehran and Cario a part of LIMITED ACCESS II video program and in parkingallery’s IRAN vs. in Istanbul at PiST, as well as Kashan university of art. Follow the link for more info.
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TWELVE CUBED
Aun Art Gallery
12 artists, 12 Chairs and 12 Cubes
Nazgol Ansarinia,Behrou Bagheri, Ala Dehghan, Amirali Ghasemi,
Mohamad Hamzeh, Farid Jahangir, Bahman Kiarostami, Shohreh Mehran,
Farshid Mesghali, Houman Mortazavi, Atila Pesyani, Myriam Quiel
Opening: Friday 21 May 2010, from 16:00 to 20:00
End: 26 May 2010, 20:00
Visiting Hours Saturday to Wednesday 11:00 to 20:00

12³ is an unusual art project involving a relentless organizer, a furniture designer, a pioneering group of artists and a galley-as-playground. Each artist was given a chair and a cube to work on, and challenged to think of them as blank canvases. Individually, the pieces reflect each artist’s take on the challenge; together, they tell a short story of a time-specific cooperation. Trans-generational – from celebrated figures to the new generation of Iranian artists – the project reveals the creativity that emerges when art is looked at as a game.
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Delightful Dawn by Digit All

Obligatory Military Service
Mohsen Art Gallery
curated by Farid Jafari Samarghandi
Opening Friday 14th May 2010 from 4 to 8 pm.
The exhibition continues till Wed. 26thMay.
Visting Hours: 4 to 8 pm

Discussion Panel: Mon. 17th May 2010 from 6 to 8 pm

Performances titled ‘Public Duty’ by Amir Mobed and ‘ Feast ‘ by Ali Zanjani on Friday 14th May 2010.

Artists:, Ali Ettehad, Saba Alizadeh, Mehrdad Afsari, Pooya Abbasian, Amir-hossein Bayani, Safeddin Emami, Babak Kazemi , Peyman Hooshmandzadeh, Shaadi Ghadirian, KLT Group , Afra Nobahar, Farrokh Norooni, Amir Mobed, Meysam Mahfouz, Solmaz Panahi, Homayoun Sirizi, Rasul Soltani, Peyman Shafieezadeh, Shamim Shahramnia, Iman Safaei, Nastaran Safaei, Ali Zanjani, Amir- hossein Zanjani
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Rang online magazine is holding an exhibition of Iranian graphic designers’ artworks named “A colorful day” on the occasion of “world Graphic’s Day”, in continuation of its outside the scope of web activities.
In this exhibition which starts on May 8 at the Iranian Artists’ Forum, Momayez gallery, a selection of 42 graphic designers’ artworks from different generations will be on display. Also a catalogue containing the artworks presented in this exhibition, has been published by Roshanan publications which will be released and distributed on the opening day of this event .
“A colorful day” exhibition will be held until May 13.
Viewers can visit the exhibition every day from 10 am to 8pm.
This event is being held and organized in cooperation with Avajang ICT Group, Maryam Soft, Nafar group, Datis print and graphics and Roshanan publications.
Cassra Abedini,Majid abbasi, Morteza Akouchakian, Farzad Adibi, Tahamtan Aminian, Reza Alavi, Mostafa Asadollahi, Shahab Ashtari, Alireza Anoushfar, Ali Afsarpour, Ali Bakhshi, Sadegh Barirani, ,Homa Delvaray, Vahid Erfanian, Maryam Enayati, Siavash Fani, Farhad Fozouni, Amir ali Ghasemi, Amir hossein ghouchibeyk, Ebrahim Haghighi, Behrad Javanbakht, Damoon khanjanzadeh, Mohammad khoda shenas , Arya kasaei, Houman Mortazavi, Tahereh Mohebi Taban, Morteza Mahalati, Saed Meshki, Alireza Mostafazadeh, Leila Miri, Hadi Nasiri, Mani Nilchiani, Kourosh Parsa nejad, Maryam Palizgir, Peyman Pourhossein, Parisa Tashakori, Shahab Tondar, Arash Tanhayi, Pedram harbi, Ehsan Rezvani, Mehdi saeedi, Ghobad shiva, Iman Safaei, Mehran Zamani

The exhibition’s Poster design by: Behrad Javanbakht, Shahab Ashtari