QAAF: Reza Lavasani - Hardcover

The Benhoode Foundation

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2370742429 ISBN 13: 9782370742421

Publisher: Editions Skira Paris, 2024

Synopsis

One of Iran's most celebrated artists

Reza Lavasani, born in 1962 in Tehran (Iran), is an artist of many talents and careers: painter, sculptor, illustrator and stage designer. He has also studied philosophy for many years, with a particular focus on mythology, sociology and history, themes that feature prominently in his work. Although Reza Lavasani uses a wide range of media and materials, he uses a number of key subjects in his work, which he continually explores. Universal symbols that the artist manages to make unique in each of his poetical representations. With its meticulous selection of works, this book is not a simple presentation of Reza Lavasani’s work, but rather a dialogue between the texts and the works.

About this title

About the Author

Alee Rafiee, artist and author, was Reza Lavasani’s student before a specialist of his work. Alee’s ALEPH project was exposed in a solo show in 2022 in Tehran.

Mehrdad Emrani, photographer and cinematographer, focuses on portraits and daily scenes, which he presented as still lives.

From the Back Cover

Reza Lavasani, born in 1962 in Tehran (Iran), is an artist of many talents and careers: painter, sculptor, illustrator and stage designer. He has also studied philosophy for many years, with a particular focus on mythology, sociology and history, themes that feature prominently in his work. Although Reza Lavasani uses a wide range of media and materials, he uses a number of key subjects in his work, which he continually explores. These include the horse, the bird, the woman, the tree... Universal symbols that the artist manages to make unique in each of his poetical representations.

This book, with its meticulous selection of works, is not intended to be a simple presentation of Reza Lavasani's work, but rather a dialogue between the texts and the works. This notion of conversation is important to the artist, who likes to seize on an object or subject to encourage the viewer to redefine it in the light of his work. Reza Lavasani has exhibited all over the world (Japan, France, Slovakia, Netherlands, Bangladesh, Turkey, England) and has taken part in numerous fairs, including the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019.

Edition details

• Publisher: Editions Skira Paris
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2370742429
• ISBN 13: 9782370742421
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304