Ali Akbar Safaian

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Ali Akbar Safaian (born March 21, 1947 in Sangsar , Iran ) is an Iranian painter and sculptor.

biography

Ali Akbar Safaian was born in Sangsar (Iran). He studied at the Kamal ol-Molk Art School in Tehran. His teachers there were Hossein Sheikh, the sculptor, actor and director Rafi Halati, both students of Kamal-ol-Molk , Mehdi Vishkahi and Bahram Alivandi.

In 1970 he finished his studies and from then on lived as a freelance painter and sculptor in Tehran. He had his first solo exhibition in 1971 at the Khane-ye Aftab gallery. He then worked with numerous other galleries; he worked closely with the Seyhoun gallery. He cultivated close friendships with writers and poets, u. a. to the writer Gholamhossein Saedi (pseudonym: Gohar Morad). From 1977 he undertook long study visits to Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Italy. From 1979 to 1981 he lived and worked in Paris, then returned to Iran. He has lived in exile in Germany since 1986.

Ali Akbar Safaian is the father of the composer Arash Safaian .

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Ali Akbar Safaian is considered a representative of Iranian modernism. In his work he processes poetic imaginary worlds that are influenced by the mystical literature of Iran, as well as social issues such as war, resistance and the relationship between man and machine. The creative phases of his work are connected by the question of the essence of things. According to him, art for him is an attempt to "dig up being".

His paintings and sculptures, especially those from the 1970s, show the metamorphosis and union of human, animal and organic elements. His works were assigned to Iranian surrealism by the art critic Behrouz Suresrafil in the Ayandegan newspaper. This attribution was again challenged by the art critic "Florence" (pseudonym) in the newspaper Ayandegan; he assigned his work to the "fantastic". The art critic and writer Javad Mojabi writes in "90 Years of Renewal in Iranian Art" (Tehran 2016):

“Safaian is one of the most important artists of the 1970s. […] I wrote an article in the daily Etelaat about his first exhibition at Khane-ye Aftab . I announced a young, fresh artist there who light-footedly brings forth his wondrous fantasies. The main subjects of his works are man and nature in a tender relationship. In these works people are interwoven with flowers, plants, earth, sea and mountains; man is part of nature, he neither dominates nor opposes it. […] They [man and woman, editor's note. Ed.] Become one with mother nature, the history of her existence is shown in the language of shiny and breathtaking playful lines and surface layers. "

In Ali Akbar Safaian's middle phase paintings from the 1980s on, social issues are also reflected. In it he deals with topics such as war, resistance and the uprooting of people. Important works of this phase are the pair of paintings War and Peace . Ali Akbar Safaian later devoted himself to mixed media and relief works. The relief series "Erderbe" (2004–2007) and "Erbe (2007-) are created. These relief works show seemingly organic to sometimes completely abstract structures. In contrast to those in the" Erderbe "series, the works in the" Erbe "series are monochrome. In contrast to the artist's first and middle creative phase, the works do not show any figurative means of expression.

Ali Akbar Safaian's work includes relief works, paintings, sculptures and sculptures, as well as prints and enamel works.

poetry

In 2007 Ali Akbar Safaian's volume of poetry "The violet lady Dragonfly" (Persian / English) was published. In 2011 poems by him were published in German in the anthology "Hier ist Iran! Persische Lyrik im German-speaking Raum".

literature

  • "Ali Akbar Safaian. 2004-2006". Animus-Kunstverlag. Bayreuth 2007. ISBN 3-9806507-7-4
  • Safaian, Ali Akbar: "Banu sanjaghak banafsh / The violet lady Dragonfly". Translated by Fereshteh Molavi. Tehran 2007: Pejvak Keyvan Publishing House.
  • Wustmann, Gerrit (Ed.): "Here is Iran! Persian poetry in German-speaking countries". Bremen 2011, 2nd edition (2017): sujet Verlag.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hassan Mourizinejad: Contemporary Artists of Iran. Ali Akbar Safaian. In: Tandis Magazine. No. 209. Tehran 2011. Link to article (farsi) as PDF: http://www.safaian.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Tandis_Safaian.pdf
  2. ↑ Saro Arakelian in conversation with the Iranian miniaturist Jalal Sousan-Abadi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtRnVal2WQc
  3. ↑ Tavoos Art Magazine, artist biography Ali Akbar Safaian: http://www.tavoosonline.com/SelectedArtist/SpecialEn.aspx?src=233&Page=1
  4. ↑ biography on the homepage of Ali Akbar Safaian: http://www.safaian.com/vita/
  5. ↑ biography on the homepage of the composer Arash Safaian: http://arashsafaian.com/bio/
  6. ↑ Pakbaz, Ruin: Contemporary Art of Iran. In: Tavoos Quarterly, No. 1, Autumn 1999; Link to online article: http://www.tavoosonline.com/Articles/ArticleDetailEn.aspx?src=75&Page=1
  7. ↑ Self-disclosure on the artist's homepage: http://www.safaian.com/vita/
  8. ↑ Behrouz Suresrafil: Colored swinging between surrealism and Eastern mysticism. About the Ali Akbar Safaians exhibition at the Mehr Shah gallery. In: Ayandegan 1976. Article (farsi) as PDF: http://www.safaian.com/fileadmin/aasafaian/IranArchiv/1976/1976-1354_AYANDEGAN_Solo_MEHRSHAH_1.pdf
  9. ^ "Florence": Walks in the realm of the "fantastic". Exhibition of the works of Ali Akbar Safaian in Khane-ye Aftab. In: Ayandegan 1976 (farsi: Bahman 1349). Article (farsi) as PDF: http://www.safaian.com/fileadmin/aasafaian/IranArchiv/1971/1971_1349_AYANDEGAN_Solo_KHANEH%20AFTAB.pdf
  10. ↑ Javad Mojabi: 90 Years of Renewal in Iranian Art. Vol. 2. Tehran 2016, pp. 260ff. Text (farsi) as PDF: http://www.safaian.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Mojabi_90YEARSMODERNIZATION.pdf
  11. ↑ Illustration of the work "Erbe" and Erderbe (homepage of the artist): http://www.safaian.com/werk-videos/

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personal data
SURNAME Safaian, Ali Akbar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Sangsar