Veteran painter, illustrator and installation artist Ali Akbar Sadeghi is holding an exhibition at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art of artworks he has created during the course of his career. Speaking to Honaronline, Sadeghi talked about his schedule for this year and said he is planning to have his selection of works, those currently on show, displayed in two other provinces, Kerman and Isfahan. "The works will also go on show in Paris, Tate Art Museum of London as well as Los Angeles County Museum of Art," he said, but did not provide details of his foreign tours.
On display at TMoCA are over 200 artworks, comprising 40% of all the works Sadeghi created over a long period during his distinguished artistic career, highlighting his practice across diverse fields of art, including sculpture, drawing, painting, illustration, graphic design and animation.
A foundation, named after the artist, began work in tandem with the opening of the current exhibit on January 28. According to Sadeghi, the foundation is to focus on publishing books; however, due to financial constraints, for now it will only print Sadeghi's books.
Books on Artworks
'Ali Akbar Sadeghi: A Retrospective' is the title of the first book the foundation has released. It contains a complete biography of the artist, explanation on his works and all the articles written about him and his artworks, Goodreads.com wrote.
The foundation is now working on preparing a 400-page book that includes 15 to 20 of his works; every painting will be divided into several smaller parts, each printed on a different page in real size, Sadeghi added. The selected works are all large-scale pieces with lots of details which will better be seen in the new book.
Sadeghi Foundation also intends to reprint 'Watercolors by Ali Akbar Sadeghi', a title previously printed by Guya Publication. The new edition will include some of the previously printed works as well as some of his new water color paintings.
His exhibit at TMoCA, located on North Kargar Street, between Fatemi Street and Keshavarz Blvd., will run through April 14.
Born in Tehran, Sadeghi, 80, has been active for over 60 years. He draws on the rich traditions of Persian art in his evocative paintings, but adds to them a surreal edge. The characters and objects in his works are derived from a variety of sources in historical Persian literature.
The meticulous detailing, intricate scenes and the subject matter, often heroes in full armor, follow the traditions of miniature painting.
