Parviz Tanavoli (Iranian, B. 1937)
From time to time, Christie's may offer a lot whic… 显示更多 "'Nothing' is an aspect of God who is in all things and therefore in everything. The 'nothing' is not God, but is a place where God could be in his purest state." Parviz Tanavoli
Parviz Tanavoli (Iranian, B. 1937)

Pink Heech

细节
Parviz Tanavoli (Iranian, B. 1937)
Pink Heech
signed, dated and numbered 'Parviz 70, 6/6' (on the reverse)
painted fiberglass
Height: 62in. (157cm.)
Executed in 1970; this work is number six from an edition of six, each one produced in a different colour
来源
Anonymous sale, Christie's Dubai, 27 April 2010, lot 45.
出版
C. Pocock & S. Faruqi (ed.) Parviz Tanavoli: Monograph, Dubai, 2009, p. 473 (illustrated).
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拍品专文

"There is a parallel between Saqqa-khaneh and Pop Art, if we simplify Pop Art as an art movement which looks at the symbols and tools of a mass consumer society as a relevant and influencing cultural force. Saqqa-khaneh artists looked at the inner belief sand popular symbols that were part of the religion and culture of Iran, and perhaps, consumed in the same ways as industrial products in the West" (Kamran Diba, "Iran" in Contemporary Art from the Islamic World, Widjan Ali (ed.), London, 1989).

Composed of three letters in Persian language, the single word Heech means 'nothing'. It reflects the feelings of unworthiness, frustration and ineffectiveness which haunt modern man and permeate so much of the writing of contemporary literature. It also renders in a single word the mystical belief that recognizes that God is permanent, while everything else has no true substance, bound to vanish; the other seeks dissolution of the individual personality to find union with the Godhead.

Tanavoli's Heech sculptures are joyful works. They stand, sit or recline as sensuously eloquent reminders of the plastic nature of Persian calligraphy. Often they have a whimsical, questioning look.