Manifestation of Contemporary Art in Iran, Museum Of Contemporary Art Tehran, Iran, Fall of 2007
Dedicated with all the love in my heart, to my two homes that are a world away, yet so close.
ox,
marjan
Manifestation of Contemporary Art in Iran, Museum Of Contemporary Art Tehran, Iran, Fall of 2007
Masami Teraoka Report:
November 10, 2007
Manifestations of Contemporary Art in Iran
First of a Series of Exhibitions Brought to you by Building Bridges
September 24 - Fall, 2007
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Curated by Marjan K. Vayghan
I am in a group show at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art right now. Marjan Vayghan conceived this show six years ago and called it Building Bridges originally although the title of the show was changed later on. Vayghan's primary intention was to build a dialogue between the states and Iran. She hoped to paint a different, a positive picture in and about Iran- her home country- going beyond it's label of Axis of Evil. She wanted to build a cultural bridge between the two countries in order to promote peace.
This international show includes Abbas Kiarostami, Susan Lacy, Farideh Lashaee, Ahmad Nadalian and Bill Viola among other US and Iranian artists. I'm sending you a brief note by Vayghan that I thought you would be interested in, documenting how people there are responding to my work. She installed the show and attended the opening, but is back in Los Angeles now. I could only show my earlier works, no nudity or erotic works. She made high quality reproductions which were mounted and framed in Iran due to US restrictions on how much you can bring into that country.
Excerpt from Marjan Vaghan's note:
"Gallery 4 where your works were displayed was in a constant state of flux, with the audience pouring in in large waves. Moving furtively throughout the gallery, taking pictures with their cell phones (all sneaky like). Filling the Gallery with discussions about your work and the clear perspective your work had brought to Iran, a perspective that needed no translation. Your work had the ability to cross over so many cultural borders. It was so refreshing to have such amazing work at the museum."
- m.v.
If you are interested in learning more about the Building Bridges or Manifestations of Contemporary Art in Iran show, please feel free to contact Marjan Vayghan. Thanks.
Marjan K. Vayghan
Building Bridges/Executive Curator
1422 Brockton Ave #9
Los Angeles, CA 90025
T 0912 5064200 Tehran
T 310. 980 5548 Los Angeles
F 310. 575 3594 Los Angeles
Manifestations of Contemporary Art in Iran
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Curated by Marjan K. Vayghan
