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artist's prolific six-decade career
It encompasses an extensive range of mediums, including sculpture, painting, printmaking, and mixed-media assemblages, providing a
mid-twentieth century, which divided the art community into those who embraced a national artistic identity and those who were heavily
iconography at a time of increasing global consciousness and technological development, forging a link between heritage and
and Islamic cultural identities created a visual symbology through his sculptural work that would have a lasting impact on modernism in
member of the Saqqakhaneh School, the first modern art movement in Iran
His practice incorporates modernist aesthetics with traditional motifs including handicrafts and Persian literature.Tanavoli has showcased
his artworks at major art centers across the world, including the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tate Modern in London, Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York, British Museum in London, Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Venice Biennale.Numerous museums, including the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, British Museum, Tate Modern and the Museum of Modern Art in Vienna, are displaying his work in their
collections.Tanavoli has devoted himself to serious studies of Iranian nomad carpets and rugs, which have been published in the books
prints, ceramics, rugs and jewelry
passion for collecting strange and rare objects.Photo: Iranian sculptor Parviz Tanavoli in an undated photo.ABU/
