MaheMehr

Hamid Pourmandan Painting Exhibition

2008-11-16

Mostafa Dashti 22nd Solo Exibition

2008-11-10

Selection from Fine art biennales

2008-10-18

Exhibition od works by Ahmad Nadalian

2008-05-14

Heros Bandari in Elahe Galery

2008-02-05

Jolie's sculptures from butchery to gallery

2007-11-22

Shahla Habibi and Principles of Visual Arts Courses

2007-09-02

The Mystery of Creation in Paint and Canvas language

2007-08-27

Samira Noe Parast says : “ My paintings presented at mentioned exhibition are in fact questions about Creation of Human and Universe. “

The Iranian Painter and Sculptor living in the United States has held several exhibitions abroad. She has been painting her judgments about Creation since 2005 before moving to the U.S.A. Upon her arrival to Iran , Samira has fulfilled all her works and the mentioned exhibition at Mahe Mehr’s gallery is to present her new set of paintings.

The young painter who has held exhibitions in Italy and Los Angeles , U.S.A previously says “ In Iran Gallery management is an expertise occupation. The Gallery Manager of my exhibition bought all my paintings before the presentation . On the opening day so many people invited by the gallery visited my works.”

She continues “ My recent exhibition in Los Angeles was wonderful . Although the paintings ‘ prices abroad are about ten times more than here , the number of buyers are also relatively much more .”

Noe Parast believes that the Iranian paintings are not less precious than western ones and Iranian and western artists have progressed in modern painting simultaneously.” And there is no doubt that Iranian paintings can be well presented in the United States too. “
She has just started working in a Gallery in Los Angeles and hopes to be a good base for introduction of Iranian works to other countries.
In her paintings which are mostly 120x120 Cm she has mostly used elements of horses and horseback riding equipments.

Cinematic Photographs of Vargha Ameri

2007-08-15

Vargha Amery was born in 1965. He studied Painting and Photography at Cavendish University U.K. and in 1984 started the photography professionally. In 2004 he was recognized as one of the best 10 photographers by Samsung Co. in Iran. For the first time in the history of Iranian cinema, he took pictures of a complete movie (directed by Kazem Rastgoftar) by a digital camera. Vargha cooperated with Iranian local publications from 1988 to 1995 and in 1998 he started to practice theatrical photography with Dr. Ali Rafiei and Hadi Marzban. Since 1999 he has been involved in both portrayal and cinematic photography. The above mentioned exhibition will be opened on saturday August 18th and will continue until September 13th. For more information you can contact Mahe Mehr’s Café Gallery Web.

Collective Illustration Exhibition

2007-08-14

The exhibition will be opened on Wednesday August 15^th and will continue up to August 23^rd.

Experiencing the creation of an artwork

2007-08-13

Arso and Vesta Color Co. have been the sponsors of the mentioned workshop.

Vesta’s advertising manager who was with the painters the whole time explained about their activities.

Shokoofeh Yalda, Vesta’s advertising manager says “ Vesta is a company with 7 to8 years of experience in Iranian market and about 3 or 4 years ago we planned Vesta to participate energetically in various exhibitions . We have decided to have a very comprehensive and dynamic relation with our consumers and their interest in our products indicates our achievement in this regard.

New Specialized English courses in Visual Arts

2007-08-08

Mahe Mehr is registering students for Specialized English courses in Visual Arts instructed by Soheila Mahernia. For enrollment in above mentioned classes students should first have an interview. Applicants can call Mahe Mehr for an interview appointment . The beginning date of the courses will be announced accordingly.

Beginning of the photography courses instructed by three outstanding professors

2007-07-11

The new Documentary Photography course instructed by Professor Jalali includes: Theoretical discussions , Practical working, providing three pamphlets regarding evolution of photography – regarding Photography and Documentary Photography Ideologies in about 150 pages. In case students find the materials too difficult , they will be simplified. Four documentary films will be also shown during the course.

Conference Programme

2007-05-26

Friday 15 June

Morning Session

8.30- 9.00 Registration

9.0 Introduction by: Conference Convener

Chair: Dr Hamid Keshmirshekan

9.10                  Dr Eleanor Sims; (Editor, Islamic art historian) (UK)

AN  oRCHARD OF PERFECT ADORNMENT :  THE CONTINUITY  OF IRANIAN PAINTING  TO THE END OF THE QAJAR PERIOD

9.50                  Dr Christiane Gruber; (Assistant Professor of Islamic Art, Indiana University) (US)

Towards a History of Persian Painting: Models and Problems of Definition

10.30 Tea-Coffee Break

10.50 Prof. Habibollah Ayatollahi; (art critic, artist, and professor of visual arts) (IRAN)

The practice of Persian Painting’s Aesthetics in Contemporary iranian Art

11.30 Ms Shahrzad Salehipour; (artist, writer and lecturer) (IRAN)

study and analysis of formation of the school of Tehran (in the early 20^th century)

12.10 Lunch Break

Afternoon Session

Chair: Mr Hamid Severi (art critic, writer and lecturer) (IRAN)

15.00 Mr Aydin Aghdashloo; (artist, art critic, writer & art instructor) (IRAN)

The Continuity of the Past through the Present: A Survey of the Revival of Persian Painting during the Past Century

15.40 Mr Mehrdad Ahmadian; (researcher, The Academy of the Arts, Iran) (IRAN)

Universals and their transformation in Iranian painting during the 20^th century

16.20 Tea-Coffee Break

16.40 Mr Aryasp Dadbeh; (artist, art critic and writer) (IRAN)

Orientalism and contemporary Iranian painting

Saturday 16 June

Morning Session

Chair: Mr Hamid Severi (art critic, writer and lecturer) (IRAN)

9.10 Mr Mohammad Bagher Ziyai; (artist, art critic, and lecturer) (IRAN)

Framework or Transformation: study of process of formation of Contemporary Iranian art

9.50 Mr Behnam Kamrani; (artist, art critic and lecturer) (IRAN)

The revival of pictorial traditions in contemporary Iranian painting

10.30 Tea-Coffee Break

10.50 Mr Edward Lucie Smith; (art historian, critic, poet & writer) (UK)

Parallel Worlds: Contemporary Iranian art in the contexts of other contemporary non-European cultures

11.30 Dr Hamid Keshmirshekan; (art historian, critic and lecturer) (IRAN)

The forces of globalisation and the problem of identity: Contemporary Iranian art during past two decades

12.11 Lunch Break

Afternoon Session

Chair: Dr Hamid Keshmirshekan

15.00 Ms Susann Wintsch; (art critic, curator & Lecturer in Art Academy in Zurich) (Switzerland)

Newest trends in contemporary iranian painting

15.40 Tea-Coffee Break

16.00 Artists in Conversation:

Mrs Farah Osouli (artist and curator of the Exhibition), Mr Nosratollah Moslemian (artist and lecturer), Mr Khosro Khosravi (artist and lecturer)

Persian Painting and Modern/ Contemporary Iranian Painting: Continuity or Discontinuity?

2007-05-09

Introduction

Conference convener: Dr Hamid Keshmirshekan (please click here)

List of speakers:

The Continuity of the Past through the Present: A Survey of the Revival of Persian Painting during the Past Century

Mr Aydin Aghdashloo; (artist, art critic, instructor and writer) (IRAN)

Universals and its transformation in Iranian painting during the 20^th century

Mr Mehrdad Ahmadian; (The Academy of the Arts, Iran) (IRAN)

The exercise of Persian Painting’s Aesthetics in Contemporary Art

Prof. Habibollah Ayatollahi; (art critic, artist, and professor of visual arts) (IRAN)

Orientalism and contemporary Iranian painting

Mr Aryasp Dadbeh; (art critic and writer) (IRAN)

Towards a History of Persian Painting: Models and Problems of Definition

Dr Christiane Gruber; (Assistant Professor of Islamic Art, Department of Art History, Indiana University) (US)

The revival of pictorial traditions in contemporary Iranian painting

Mr Behnam Kamrani; (artist, art critic and lecturer) (IRAN)

The forces of globalisation and the problem of identity: Contemporary Iranian art during past two decades

Dr Hamid Keshmirshekan; (art historian, critic and lecturer) (IRAN)

Parallel Worlds: Contemporary Iranian art in the contexts of other contemporary non-European cultures

Mr Edward Lucie Smith; (art historian, critic, poet & writer) (UK)

study and analysis of formation of school of Tehran (in the early 20^th century)

Ms Shahrzad Salehipour; (artist, writer and lecturer) (IRAN)

AN oRCHARD OF PERFECT ADORNMENT : THE CONTINUITY OF IRANIAN PAINTING TO THE END OF THE QAJAR PERIOD

Dr Eleanor Sims; (Islamic art historian) (UK)

Newest trends in contemporary iranian painting

Ms Susann Wintsch; (art critic, curator) (Switzerland)

Framework or Transformation: study of process of formation of Contemporary Iranian art

Mr Mohammad Bagher Ziyai; (artist, art critic, and lecturer) (IRAN)

Artists in Conversation:

Mr Khosro Khosravi; (artist and lecturer) (IRAN)
Mr Nosratollah Moslemian; (artist and lecturer) (IRAN)
Mrs Farah Osouli; (artist and curator of the Exhibition) (IRAN)