Massoud Arabshahi
Massoud Arabshahi | |
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مسعود عربشاهی | |
Born | 1935 Tehran, Pahlavi Iran |
Died | September 16, 2019 Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran |
Alma mater | College of Decorative Arts, Tehran |
Occupation | Artist |
Known for | oil paintings, bas-relief sculptures |
Movement | Saqqakhaneh movement |
Massoud Arabshahi (Persian: مسعود عربشاهی; 1935 – 2019), was an Iranian painter, and bas-relief sculptor.[1][2][3] He was a leading member of the Saqqakhaneh movement,[4][5][6] and was known for his conceptual artwork. Arabshahi had worked in Tehran, Paris, and California.
Early life and education
[edit]Massoud Arabshahi was born in 1935 in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran.[7][2] He has attended the Public High School for Fine Arts in Tehran.[7]
In 1968, he graduated from the College of Decorative Arts at Tehran University (now University of Tehran). Arabshahi had studied painting under Shokouh Riazi.
Career
[edit]His sources of inspiration comprise Achaemenid and Assyrian art as well as Babylonian carvings and inscriptions. Combining tradition and modernity. Arabshahi held his first solo exhibition at the Iran-India Centre, Tehran, in 1964, four years before graduating from university.
Arabshahi work's was created in various mediums, including oil paint-on-canvas, architectural bas-reliefs, and other sculptures. Arabshahi's bas-reliefs were commissioned for the Office for Industry and Mining (1971), Tehran; and for the California Insurance Building (1985) in Santa Rosa, California, U.S..
Arabshahi played a pivotal role in the establishing the Iran Gallery (Persian: Talar-e Iran) in Tehran, founded in 1964 by Arabshahi, Mansoor Ghandriz, Rouin Pakbaz, Faramarz Pilaram, Sadegh Tabrizi, Mohammad-Reza Jodat, Ghobad Shiva, Sirus Malek, Farshid Mesghali, Parviz Mahallati, Morteza Momayez, and Hadi Hezareiy.[8] After the death of artist Mansoor Ghandriz in 1966, the Iran Gallery was renamed Ghandriz Gallery (Persian: Talar-e Ghandriz) in his honor; and it remained open until the summer of 1978 during the Iranian Revolution.[9]
In 1975, Marcos Grigorian founded of the Group of Free Painters and Sculptors in Tehran.[10] The other founding artists included Arabshahi, Gholamhossein Nami, Morteza Momayez, Mir Abdolrez Daryabeigi, and Faramarz Pilaram.[11]
Arabshahi's work has been shown in a number of solo and group exhibitions in Iran, Europe and the United States including Two Modernist Iranian Pioneers, at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, 2001; and Iranian Contemporary Art, Barbican Centre, London, 2001.
He died on September 16, 2019, in Tehran, Iran.
Prizes
[edit]- 1964, Ministry of Arts and Culture Prize, 4th Tehran Biennial
- 1965, Mother's Day Exhibition Prize, Tehran
- 1972, First Prize, Public contest for sculpture ornament at the Farah-abad Park, Tehran
- 1973, First Prize, Monaco International Exhibition
Exhibitions
[edit]- 1964, Tehran, Iran, India Artistic Center
- 1965, Tehran, Iran, Tehran University
- 1965, Paris, France, Biennial
- 1967, Paris, France, Galerie Solstice
- 1967, Paris, France, Museum of Sacred Arts
- 1968, U.S.A, Mobile Exhibition of Contemporary Iranian Arts
- 1970, Tehran, Iran, Modern Iranian Art: a Retrospective, Iran American Society
- 1971, Tehran, Iran, Negar Gallery
- 1973, Paris, France, Grand Palais
- 1973, Paris, France, Galerie Guiot
- 1973, Monaco, France, Monaco International Exhibition, Monte Carlo
- 1974, Tehran, Iran, International Exhibition of Arts
- 1975, Tehran, Iran, Blue, Takhte Jamshid Gallery
- 1975, Tehran, Iran, Volume and Environment, Iran America Society
References
[edit]- ^ Rouhani, Behrouz (September 19, 2019). "مسعود عربشاهی، نقاشی که 'ویرانی آثارش را دید و تحمل کرد'" [Masoud Arabshahi, the painter who "saw and endured the destruction of his works"]. BBC News فارسی (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ a b Grigor, Talinn (2014-06-15). Contemporary Iranian Art: From the Street to the Studio. Reaktion Books. pp. 70–71, 79. ISBN 978-1-78023-309-3.
- ^ Blair, Sheila S.; Bloom, Jonathan M. (July 2, 2009). "Arabshahi, Massoud". Grove Art Online. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t2082054. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ Gharipour, Mohammad (2019-10-15). Architectural Dynamics in Pre-Revolutionary Iran: Dialogic Encounter between Tradition and Modernity. Intellect Books. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-78938-059-0.
- ^ Scheiwiller, Staci Gem (2014-11-01). Performing the Iranian State: Visual Culture and Representations of Iranian Identity. Anthem Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-78308-328-2.
- ^ Keshmirshekan, Hamid (2005). "Neo-Traditionalism and Modern Iranian Painting: The "Saqqa-khaneh" School in the 1960s". Iranian Studies. 38 (4): 607–630. doi:10.1080/00210860500338408. ISSN 0021-0862. JSTOR 4311766. S2CID 162877296.
- ^ a b "Massoud Arabshahi". The British Museum.
- ^ Saghafi, Morad (Autumn 1996). "The city and the social presentation of art: A glance at Ghandriz Gallery experience". Pages Magazine, No. 13. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "Simurg, c. 1961-1964". Grey Art Gallery. 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ Milani, Abbas (2008). Eminent Persians: The Men and Women Who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979, Volumes One and Two. Syracuse University Press. pp. 1000–10001. ISBN 9780815609070.
- ^ "Iranian Painters, Marcos Grigorian". Toos Foundation. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
External links
[edit]- Elahe Art Gallery Biography and artworks on Elahe Art Gallery
- Mah Art Gallery Biography, Selected Works and Exhibitions on Mah Art Gallery
- Seyhoun Art Gallery Massoud Arabshahi Exhibit - Seyhoun Gallery, US