' The museum is presently showing a retrospective of the well know Iranian artist, a writer but better known as sculpture & painter, Mr. Parviz Tanavoli. + '' closeSignupBar(); Critically acclaimed and widely acknowledged as the “father of modern Iranian sculpture,” Tanavoli’s trajectory has spanned east and west as he e.preventDefault(); Parviz Tanavoli, with “Big Heech Lovers” (2007). Learn about the artist and find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. d.setTime(d.getTime() + (expMinutes*60*1000)); $('#ouibounce-modal') The Davis Museum in the Wellesley College of the United States will be holding a retrospective of celebrated Iranian sculptor Parviz Tanavoli in an exhibition opening on February 10. To protect the health and safety of the campus community, the Davis will remain closed to the public until further notice. var name = prefix + cname + "="; return numDays * 24 * 60; prefix = 'artnet_newsletter_'; Parviz Tanavoli at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, curated by Lisa Fischman and Shiva Balaghi, offers more than 175 objects from the artist’s … 680 17 Street, West Vancouver, British Columbia V7V 3T2. 9:33 AM. The show will feature works from across his oeuvre—sculpture, paintings, printmaking, ceramics, rugs, and jewelry dating back to 1960. Iran’s first significant modern sculptor, he works in a style distinctly his own, undeniably modern, and entirely Iranian. setTimeout(function(){ link.rel = 'stylesheet'; // FUNCTIONS Parviz Tanavoli, 1976. (Exh. All screenings begin at 6:00pm in Collins Cinema. } var ca = document.cookie.split(';'); An opening celebration, featuring a 5pm talk with the artist, will be held on Tuesday, February 10 from 5-8pm. In 2003, he sold his home – and nearly 60 pieces of his artwork – to the city of Tehran so it could be turned into the Museum of Parviz Tanavoli. setTimeout(function() { defernl() }, 250); // Init - Anything you want to happen onLoad (usually event bindings) // ------------------------------------------------------------------- “The Davis is indeed able to showcase the incredibly rich oeuvre and powerful philosophy of one of Iran’s greatest living artists,” Maryam Eisler, a London-based collector and philanthropist, as well as a Wellesley alumna, told artnet News. Â, Tanavoli returns again and again to the Poet, the Prophet, and the Lovers, to walls and windows, locks, and birds— figures that stand on metaphorical borders, and exist aesthetically between traditions of realism and abstraction. Collections Tandees Tanavoli CEO of Parviz Tanavoli Museum at Parviz Tanavoli Museum West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 500+ connections. while (i--) { } else { }) The exhibition opens today and runs through 7 June 2015. A lasting tribute to an elusive artistic genius, Fifi Howls from Happiness affirms the power of creative freedom, the right of the artist to create and to destroy, and above all, to have no regrets. A Shrine of Farad the Mountain Carver, the ancient Persian tale that has inspired Tanavoli's work for decades, 1975, bronze, 196x45x33 cm. slideInModal('Down'); Parviz Tanavoli at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, curated by Lisa Fischman and Shiva Balaghi, offers more than 175 objects from the artist’s expansive oeuvre. Parviz Tanavoli is one of the most influential and pioneering artists of the Middle East. Nasser Rabbat is the Aga Khan Professor and the Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT. , link = document.createElement('link'); setNewsletterCookie('signedUp', 1); var expirationMinutes = settings.expiration_minutes; Our class was to meet there, and we wanted to see the exhibition together. Join to Connect. Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the entertainment industry. } April 1: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014, Dir. Kiarostami paid a visit to the museum in December 2014. }); function getCookie(cname, prefix) { Box lunches are available for purchase through this site.  Attendees may also seek restaurant options in easy driving distance. function loadJQuery() { These films range from drama to comedy and explore a broad range of topics, suspending generalizations of Iranian society and provoking curiosity. data: JSON.stringify( $form.serializeFormJSON() ), if (jQuery(window).width() > 619) { + '

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' Meshkini’s film tells the interconnected stories of three Iranian women struggling with their female identity at different stages in their lives. Parviz Tanavoli is a contemporary Iranian artist, best known for his bronze sculptures combining the semiotics of Arabic language with the formal language of abstract sculpture. var ctx = this; callback: function() { .removeClass('slideOutDown slideOutUp') timeout: 10000 Manal AlDowayan (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia / Dubai, UAE), 5:30 PM Closing Reception, Davis Museum Lobby,   Facebook if (!o[this.name].push) { These selections highlight just a few of these critically-acclaimed films - sure to delight cinephiles, art-lovers, and everyone in-between. Hossein Amirsadeghi is a writer, editor and publisher who established TransGlobe Publishing. //and we can just return here. * There is probably no need to call this directly - use setNewsletterCookie(). + '' pagetype = document.querySelector('meta[property="og:type"]').getAttribute("content"), found = true; var cookieSettings = { + '

' Tanavoli’s work has been described as “poetry in bronze,” and the artist has often been called the “father of modern Iranian sculpture.”. Iranian and Canadian, born 1937. addCss('https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css'); Experience the work of Parviz Tanavoli, acclaimed Iranian-Canadian artist, at the Aga Khan Museum! He is a PhD candidate at the Royal College of Art.Â. + '<\/div>' }); closeSignupBar(); The exhibition will open on Friday, 4 September, 2020, and will be on display for public viewing until September 25. Subscribe Subscribed Unsubscribe 10. Free and open to the public; Reservations required. Nada Shabout is Professor and Director of Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Institute at the University of North Texas. + ' @media (max-width: 767px){ .close-signup {top:0 !important;} }' } // ------------------------------------------------------------------- o[this.name] = this.value || ''; Parviz Tanavoli (born 24 March 1937 in Tehran) is an Iranian sculptor, painter, scholar and art collector. '