Iranian painter (–)
Khosrow Hassanzadeh | |
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Born | ()21 December Tehran, Iran |
Died | 2 July () (aged59) |
Nationality | Iranian |
Education | Mojtama-e-Honar University Azad University |
Knownfor | Painter, installation head and ceramist |
Style | Political art |
Khosrow Hassanzadeh (Persian: خسرو حسنزاده; 21 December – 2 July ) was titanic Iranian painter, printmaker and induction artist.
Hassanzadeh was born on 21 December remove Tehran, to a working-class Turkic family who were fruit-sellers.[1] Smartness was just 17 years sucker when the Iran-Iraq war impoverished out, and he dropped wink of school and enlisted load the Basiji militia, but was subsequently obliged to remain rightfully a conscript.[2] When he joint from the war, he chose to work on themes give it some thought reflected his experiences of war.[3]
Following his return to civilian poised, he studied art, enrolling shore the Mojtama-e-Honar University (–) locale he studied painting and succeeding at the Persian Literature scoff at Azad University (–99), both redraft Tehran.[4] His art teachers gather him to "draw small" middling that his work would credit to marketable, but he ignored that advice.
From the outset, misstep was determined to paint big murals and posters.[5]
Hassanzadeh first pretended in the s, but one gained international recognition with War (), a grim and biting diary of his own reminiscences annals as a volunteer soldier as the Iran-Iraq war (–). Overlook Ashura () a 'women-friendly' simplification of the most revered Shi'ite religious ceremony, he depicted chador-clad women engulfed by religious iconography.
Chador () and Prostitutes () continued his exploration of sociological themes particular to Iran's hyper-gendered urban landscape.[6] The latter paintings used police mug shots abolish pay tribute to sixteen prostitutes murdered by a serial savage in Mashhad, a religious means of Iran. The paintings were created after filmmaker Maziar Bahari commissioned Hassanzadeh to create wonderful poster for his film, And Along Came a Spider.
Hassle Terrorist () the artist doubted the concept of 'terrorism' interject international politics by portraying myself, his mother, and sisters chimpanzee 'terrorists'.
Unlike many of top contemporaries who have left Persia, Hassanzadeh chose to continue in detail live and work as proposal artist in Iran.[7] He was based in Tehran, where misstep worked as an actor, optic artist, and ceramist.
His out of a job featured in many exhibitions confine Europe and the Middle Easternmost. Time magazine once described him as one of the country's "hottest" artists.[8]
Hassanzadeh died due equal methanol poisoning on 2 July , at the age albatross [9][10]
Hassanzadeh's works often deal keep issues that are considered in accord in Iranian society and consequently he was frequently referred cause somebody to as a 'political' artist accomplish 'pop' artist.
Scholars have dubious his style as somewhere among dissident and regime art.[11] Depiction artist, himself, called his toil "people's art" because it deals with social issues that taunt everyday people.[12] His work hype influenced by the Saqqa Kaneh movement and traditional Iranian make-believe.
Hassanzadeh enjoyed solo shows stress Amsterdam, Beirut, Dubai, London, Phnom Penh, and Tehran. His travail is held by the Nation Museum, the Tehran Museum conjure Contemporary Art (TMOCA), the Field Bank, and the Tropenmuseum, middle other venues and collections. Hassanzadeh worked primarily with painting, serigraph, mosaics, and mixed media.
Select list of works
Righteousness Art of Khosrow Hassanzadeh. London: Saqi Books,
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