Van Gogh's ear focus of Tehran show
Entitled “Van Gogh’s Ear”, the exhibition is displaying works in various art forms aimed at depicting some of the hardship in Van Gogh’s life, the 10 Gallery announced in a press release published by ISNA on Tuesday.
The idea for holding the exhibit was proposed to the artists a few months ago and they have assembled the works exclusively for the show.
Works by Abbas Kiarostami, Parviz Tanavoli, Parviz Kalantari, Gholam-Hossein Nami, Farideh Lashaii, Golnaz Fat’hi, Bahram Dabiri, Kurosh Shishegaran, and several other artists are among the items on display at the showcase.
A photo by Iran’s multimedia artist Kiarostami is one the fascinating works of the show. He has created a scene depicting Van Gogh putting brush strokes on a painting in the wheat field, wherein he is believed to have shot himself.
Kiarostami has used a kind of printing technique to make the photo resemble a painting.
The title of the exhibition refers to the argument between Van Gogh and the French painter Paul Gauguin, during which Van Gogh reportedly chased him with a razor, and then cut off the lower half of his own left ear.
Van Gogh shot himself on July 27, 1890, soon after he finished his last painting, “Crows in a Wheatfield”. The brooding, ominous atmosphere of the painting is considered a reflection of the artist’s disturbed state of mind at the end of his life...
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The idea for holding the exhibit was proposed to the artists a few months ago and they have assembled the works exclusively for the show.
Works by Abbas Kiarostami, Parviz Tanavoli, Parviz Kalantari, Gholam-Hossein Nami, Farideh Lashaii, Golnaz Fat’hi, Bahram Dabiri, Kurosh Shishegaran, and several other artists are among the items on display at the showcase.
A photo by Iran’s multimedia artist Kiarostami is one the fascinating works of the show. He has created a scene depicting Van Gogh putting brush strokes on a painting in the wheat field, wherein he is believed to have shot himself.
Kiarostami has used a kind of printing technique to make the photo resemble a painting.
The title of the exhibition refers to the argument between Van Gogh and the French painter Paul Gauguin, during which Van Gogh reportedly chased him with a razor, and then cut off the lower half of his own left ear.
Van Gogh shot himself on July 27, 1890, soon after he finished his last painting, “Crows in a Wheatfield”. The brooding, ominous atmosphere of the painting is considered a reflection of the artist’s disturbed state of mind at the end of his life...