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Abolghasemi Farah |
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Tehran, Iran |
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Painter, Jeweler and University art teacher |
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Farah Abolghasemiis not only a painter, but also a designer, jeweler and art teacher. She was born in 1960, and graduated from Tehran’s Alzahra University as a Bachelor of Painting. Her first solo exhibition was held in 1990 at Sayhoun Gallery in Tehran. She has had 10 solo exhibition and over 50 group shows since then in Iran as well as abroad.
Abstract images merge in a childish fantasy world in her paintings. Her canvases are made up of soft monotone backgrounds, pencil lines, paper collages of flowers, and splashes of bright colors. Her paintings portray her poetic yet simple observation of the world, which she illustrates with a delicate hand. In her career, Abolghasem has earned many awards including the International completion of Winsor and Newton (2000), and the International Women Exhibition in Paris (2003).
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Art of Jewelry Making Exhibition by Farah Abolghasemi & E. Shirazi on April 30th at 7.30pm From May 1th to May 6th, 2000 Pieces from the Heart An artist who has painted in mixed media since childhood, Farah Abolghasemi has extended her talent to jewelry. "I started with copper and now work with silver and different semi-precious stones like quartz, opal, agate, lapez. The jewelry exhibition present the works of four Iranian artists including Farah, Soraya Amanpour, Saba Manoochehri and Shirazi. Different this time they are very modern yet steeped in tradition. There are exotic masterpieces in gold and silver whose designs are adapted from the Hakhamaneshian and Sasanian era from the Iran Bastan museum of Tehran.
Soraya Amanpour is a modest artist who uses agate, turquoise and lapis in her designs which accentuate the use of silver rather than gold. "My inspiration comes from observing what is around me, such as nature and abstract objects. Once I am in my workshop I look at all my material and the ideas pour out instantly it is like a brainstorm. Soraya says she has always enjoyed working with manual dexterity but has never sought professional training because of her preoccupation with her career as a media professional.
Amanpour works alone and confirms that her work is all hand-crafted because she feels the material has far greater value and accuracy right from the initial shaping to the final finish. Her mood changes from classical to modern and she says. "I work with my mood so one item may be quite different from the next." Saba Manuchehri is more like a and her forte is figures with gold. Her pieces have length and she uses stones, plastic and even bone in her work which when used with other materials like metals emits different brilliant colors which ultimately enhances the textures and creates a unique piece. After graduating from high school, Saba's parents encouraged her to attend jewelery schools in the US in order to become an anteriority in precious stones. "The closet field to my goal which was offered in the universities was jewelery design and metal smiting. The design brought out inner expression and innovation. Creating and offering jewelery in a whole new way to the buyer while making an emotional link between the artist's expression and the buyers' own sentiments. This is directly in contrast to the traditional expression of jewelry which is more of a materialistic and monetary nature. Saba finds this new style of jewelery designing as a merging of the long-standing art of painting, sculpting and jewelery making. According to Saba, each piece exhibited is an original creation and there are no repeats. "We do not take orders because we never make the same piece twice." Meanwhile, E. Shirazi's jewelery drawings are selected of Takht-e-Jamshid carved on stone belonging to Hakhamaneshian era. Although his designs are similar to ancient stone drawings he has changed them very effectively in order to suite modern designs with his imagination and creativity. Shirazi goes back to history and images taken from historical legendary figures from where he has takes his motifs. He uses museum pieces for this reference and does a lot of casting - in such cases he does repeat design.
Works Avaiable in Courtyard!
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