Review
Story of Rain Catalog
GNAP 2016 takes on the format of a tour from the Cradle of Humankind to the foot of Table Mountain tracing the legacy of the first nomadic people but also with the opportunity of creating temporary land art in response to the varied landscape and the World Heritage rock art of South Africa.
Nine renowned land artists from Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, South Korea and Sweden will join local artists such as Hannelie Coetzee, Sybrand Wiegers, Izanne Wiid, Kai Lossgott, Grietjie Lee, Janet Ranson, Cha Davenport, Katie Barnard du Toit and Emma Willemse in this project… Continue reading→
The newspaper will be freely distributed during the whole exhibition period. Edited by Mara Ambrožič, It will include contributions by theorist Eda Čufer, one of the founding members of NSK, Delegate Róza El-Hassan (artist) and Claudio Donadel (specialist of migration policies).
The NSK State Pavilion will provide an added and new dimension to NSK State in Time, built upon a collaboration with migrant communities, humanitarian protection applicants, and stateless individuals who are looking for new citizenship. With the unique opportunity of the Venice Biennale… Continue reading→
Publication
Eco Avant Garde Exhibition
Nature Art-Variations (Catalogue) | Mahmoud Maktabi | P 206-215 | October 2016
After every exhibition opening or lecture or a friendly talking, the first early common question comes out from friends and artists of different countries is that “Can you work legally in Iran?” And after hearing “Yes”, immediately another question is asked: “Why Environmental Art?” There are various reasons for these questions but none of them will prevent our friends and other audiences from being surprised.
The fact is that “Iran” is neither too gloomy that is presented by media, nor without any defect and problem or political or cultural tensions. Iran, is an ancient, broad and beautiful land in which you can, at any time of year… Continue reading→
Environmental art in Iran, cycle of life and death
Mahmoud Maktabi
From Lecture “Environmental art in Iran, cycle of life and death” | Transylvanian Art Center | Romania | 2015.07.20 |
It seems easy to write about Iranian environmental art from one point of view and difficult from another. It could be difficult to talk about recent arts though it is modern and rising; it could be easy cause oflimited number of the artists and availability of their artworks. These will have been meaningful whenwe accept this field of art as an art movement in Iran. In this article, I will try to treat the nature andmeaning of these artworks instead of classifying and dating them. Maybe Ihave considered culture, background and the ideas which formed these artworks. These artworks are based on relation between human and nature just like all over the world, which should be considered and cared again… Continue reading→
Criticism of “Reminiscence” and “Equation” exhibitions
By Mahmoud Maktabi | Asia newspaper, No. 708, February 16, 2016.
The reason how I was falling down from my house roof in to the canal, was gravity which was more powerful than my authority (Bas Jan Ader, Avalanche, 1971). These days writing about contemporary artist and his works are so hard and complicated, also we cannot judge what he is doing just by one of his work. Foad Alijani is a young artist that… Continue reading→
Iran a growing eco art movement | WEAD Magazine | Issue No.2 | 2010
By Raleheh Zomorodinia and Mahmoud Maktabi
ENVIRONMENTAL ART IS A GROWING MOVEMENT IN IRAN that appeals to the younger generation. Although sometimes economic, political, social and religious issuesare reflected in their works, these artists focus mostly on urgent environmental issues. It is not possible to speak about all of the environmental artists, so this article addresses a select few… Continue reading→