Thursday, 13 January 2011
The question of women....
My mother struggled with the depiction of female figure in public after the islamic revolution. She ridicules unification and islamification of female clothing in these drawings.
People's artist
Pari always chose to work for the neediest of the society. She decided to serve those who could not afford to pay for their medical care. I think it all returns to an incident I heard from my grandmother. Pari was only a little girl and was badly ill with fever. My grandmother rushed her to the only doctor in town who refused to see her because my grandmother didn't have enough money with her. Somehow this incident determined Pari's future. It was my grandmother who tells her this story as she was growing up. When finally she becomes a doctor in Tehran (the capital), she returns to the very same people in the south of Iran and works there for nearly a decade. Her art also reflects her love for ordinary people.
White coated models
Not every artist has the luxury of drawing from live models in his or her studios. Pari instead, used doctors, nurses, patients and their relatives as models quite cheekily. I thought they are also important to be preserved.
From Lapis to Turquoise
Persian turquoise is the colour of sky and the colour of heaven. Ancient artisans invented this brilliant blue and used it to paint carefully made tiles on inside and outside the domes, spread across this land. Pari makes her blue from Lapis granules to mix with her khaki fades so that she can bring the beauties of these monuments on canvas.
The secret of Walnut....
The predominant colour in central Iran is Khaki. Pari produces her own water colour paints using natural ingredients such as walnut to produce khaki and other earthly hues. This dye has been used for thousands of years by women who weave carpets and Kelims. These are some of the examples of water colours with natural paints.
Sunday, 9 January 2011
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