It is her war art that particularly impresses me. The paintings and collages are deeply personal images, inspired by her husband's experiences during the Iran-Iraq war, an eight year long conflict started by Saddam Hussein which cost over one million lives. Her husband was an officer in the Iranian Armyand lost a leg during the conflict. Like Simin Behbahani's poem the necklace the images of false limbs and combat fatigues are in their own way as damning an indictment of war as the poetry of Wilfred Owen.
Minoo reminds us of that we should not just dwell on what is produced by American or European artists. There is an enormous wealth of talent elsewhere in the world. Although I have not met Minoo I was delighted to be able to meet fellow Iranian artist Elahe Heidari in Paris in May. I was also fortunate to meet other extremely talented Iranian artists Shiva Sanjari, Negareh Ayatollahi and Nasila Moghadan in Paris too.
13 comments:
great post.
reminds one of the horrors of war.
It certainly does.
Chapeau, my friend.
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On language ... 15 minutes later, after several deleted attempts ... 'ah, Jams won't feel offended' ... thus, be it:
It was no 'conflict'. It was a war!
Isn't it strange? Why did I hesitate?
Thinking too much?
:) Of course, I could end this inner conflict (not: war) by deleting all. Instead I shall push 'enter' ...
It certainly was a war and an extremely bloody one too
Thanks, Jams.
And sorry for my 'somehow' strange comment.
Would you mind me setting links to your appreciated Iranian artists?
Sure Sean. I'll sort some out for you
Very good pieces, so life like.
I agree the artwork is very expressive!
Nunyaa, Cherie I'm glad you enjoy them too (although enjoy is not teh tight word)
Very interesting works. Simple but very expressive.
Glad you like her work jmb
Very talented woman!
Thanks ms smack. She certainly is
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