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Contents:
1. Seasons
2. Hossein Behzad
5. Picasso
8. Competitions
9. Nami Petgar
12. ELLA PRAKASH
14. Competitions
15. Hafez
18. Competitions
19. Jonathan Newey
20. David Truman
22. Aziz Anzabi
23. Competitions

Director: Aziz Anzabi

Editor and translator : Asra
Yaghoubi
Research: Zohreh Nazari

http://www.aziz-anzabi.com

seasons
Between the mass of the movement of the wheels
The world moves and the sight of frit of occurrence
And it starts raining
For the air is mostly cowardly whipped ,the wind hits the
body of sickly trees
The dance of leaves and blossom brings unconsciousness
from the moment
It's like you have forgotten the movements of technology
and iron
And the puzzle that has lost its form in life in the century of
technology
for the human nature is dominant
The beauty of spring
Is the promise for a new life
And you are gone to a long dream
Sweeter than childhood memories
you are once again unconscious
To build the future again
Speech of director:
Aziz Anzabi

Painting by :Farimah Haghirian

Hossein Behzad
(1894 13 October 1968) was a
prominent painter from Tehran,
Iran.
He became internationally known
and won many awards including
the 'first class medal of the ministry
of culture' from Iran in 1949 and
the 'first class medal of
international painting' from
Miniapolis, USA in 1958. In 1968
Behzad was give an honorary
profesorship by the College of
acclaim, Behzad held an exhibition,
Ornamental Arts, Behzad's works which was sponsored by the French
have been displayed across the
government, at the Museum of
world. To celebrate the millennium Modern Art in Paris. The exhibition
of Avicenna, in 1953 he held an
was opened by the French minister
exhibition at the Iran Bastan
for culture on the 18th May 1955.
Museum. This caused a sensation The director of Islamic art at the
and was seen by many
Louvre Museum in Paris
international visitors. The paintings commented on the exhibition: "
on show, which took ten years to Behzad's name is reminiscent of
complete, included the like of
the delicacy of Persian miniatures.
Ferdowsi and the Maedan Arch.
The unique and powerful harmony
The exhibition became particularly of the designs and colors on
important to scholars of oriental
Behzad's paintings takes us from
studies. In an article for the Vatan the nuclear age to the past. This
newspaper of Istanbul, Professor master artist adapts the Mongols
Soheil Anwar wrote, " Behzad, this and Safavid traditions to the
great artist does not belong only to manifestations of modern times
Iran. He now belongs to the world." and makes todays technical and
artistic progress comply with the
Shortly after, and to much critical Timurid period miniature."
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In 1956, fifty Behzad miniatures

were put on display in the Library
of Congress, Washington DC. As
Behzad became a living master,
he held exhibitions across the
world including London, Prague,
New York, Boston and Brussels,
as well as in India and Japan.
By 1968 Behzad had become ill
and was sent twice to Europe by
the Ministry of Culture. Despite
this, Behzad died at 8:48pm on
the 13th October 1968 at the age
of 74. He was buried at the
cemetery near Emamzadeh
Abdollah in Shahr-i Ray. In honor
of the artist, the "Behzad
Museum" was founded. It is
located in Tehran's Sa'd Abad
Palace and holds a large collection
of his works.

Iran Tabriz

Known for
Painting,
drawing, sculpture printmaking,
other uses, see Picasso
This name uses Spanish naming ceramics, stage design, writing
Notable work
Les
customs: the first or paternal
Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907)
family name is Ruiz and the
Guernica (1937)
second or maternal family
The Weeping Woman (1937)
name is Picasso.
Movement
Cubism,
Pablo Picasso
Surrealism
Portrait of Pablo Picasso,
Spouse(s)Olga Khokhlova
1908-1909, anonymous
photographer, Muse Picasso, (191855)
Paris...jpg
Pablo Picasso, 19081909
Born
Pablo, Diego, Jos,
Francisco de Paula, Juan
Nepomuceno, Maria de los
Remedios, Cipriano de la
Santisima Trinidad, Ruiz Picasso
25 October 1881
Mlaga, Spain
Died
8 April 1973 (aged 91)
Mougins, France
Resting place
Chteau of Vauvenargues
43.554142N 5.604438E
Nationality
Spanish
Education
Jos Ruiz y
Blasco (father),
Real Academia de Bellas Artes
de San Fernando

Picasso redirects here. For

Jacqueline Roque (196173)

artists who most defined the
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, also known
revolutionary developments in the
as Pablo Picasso (/pkso, plastic arts in the opening decades
kso/;Spanish:
of the 20th century, responsible for
[palo pikaso];
significant developments in
25 October 1881 8 April 1973), painting, sculpture, printmaking
was a Spanish painter, sculptor,
and ceramics.
printmaker, ceramicist, stage
designer, poet and playwright who
spent most of his adult life in
France. As one of the greatest and
most influential artists of the 20th
century, he is known for cofounding the Cubist movement, the
invention of constructed sculpture,
the co-invention of collage, and for
the wide variety of styles that he
helped develop and explore.
Among his most famous works are
the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles
d'Avignon (1907), and Guernica
(1937), a portrayal of the Bombing
of Guernica by the German and
Italian airforces at the behest of the
Spanish nationalist government
during the Spanish Civil War.

Picasso, Henri Matisse and Marcel

Duchamp are regarded as the three
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Picasso demonstrated
extraordinary artistic talent in
his early years, painting in a
realistic manner through his
childhood and adolescence.
During the first decade of the
20th century, his style changed
as he experimented with
different theories, techniques,
and ideas. His work is often
categorised into periods. While
the names of many of his later
periods are debated, the most
commonly accepted periods in
his work are the Blue Period

(19011904), the Rose Period

(19041906), the Africaninfluenced Period (19071909),
Analytic Cubism (19091912),
and Synthetic Cubism (1912
1919).
Exceptionally prolific throughout
the course of his long life,
Picasso achieved universal
renown and immense fortune
for his revolutionary artistic
accomplishments, and became
one of the best-known figures in
20th-century art.

Art Comes Alive

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Nami Petgar
Nami Petgar was born in Tehran
Iran 1945 -2009. Initially, his
paintings followed the realistic
traditions of his father, and
master, Ali Asghar Petgar.
In 1965, he established his own
painting and drawing academy
in Tehran. He still continues to
instruct a few select, and highly
talented, individuals in his
private classes.

evident in the countrys

handicrafts. He also learnt a
great deal about classical and
modern European art from his
travels to Rome, the Vatican,
Florence and Paris in 1978.
Despite these influences, Nami
never lost his Persian
experiential perspective and
sensual perceptive style.

Shortly after the victory of the

Islamic Revolution, the realistic
styles of his landscapes tended
away from the lyrical
naturalization towards more
abstract compositions and his
figurative works diverted
towards symbolic expressions
symbolic expressions along
oriental and lyrical moods.
These characteristics features
distinguish his oil paintings from
western figurative styles.
Nami has traveled extensively
throughout his country and his
works have been influenced by
both the geographic diversity
and the harmony of pure colors
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He has drawn upon his experiences

of lecturing at various universities
and teaching at his own academy to
express the validity of images of
humanistic and spiritualistic vision
as expressed through art and has
published a number of articles on
this subject.

Nami has also presented a number

of television programs regarding
the interpretation of the history of
art, where he has explored the
subject from novel perspectives.
Nami has participated in most of
his countrys art exhibitions and his
own private exhibitions continue to
attract large numbers of visitors
representing many different social
strata. Some of the many
significant exhibitions in which
Nami has taken part include the
following.

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ELLA PRAKASH
Ella born and brought up in
Bahrain, She had a passion of art
from childhood
and has dedicated herself in the
artistic mission and challenge, the
risk and
realities of the royal profession.
Ella Prakash explains the meaning
behind heresies: When you start
painting
more importantly allow yourself to
prepare as many as alterations of
your
base idea. Simply because once
your mind has decided to steer
your thoughts,
you start to unravel emotions and
strokes that you never thought you
could
express.
In regards to her colourful
compositions she Mentions: My
spirit is mirrored in my
work. I believe that every work of
art must carry a message.
With the current abstract series,
Ella challenges herself to unlearn
the pattern of
control she seeks in
representation; thus, reinventing
the language of anatomy,
chiaroscuro, and storytelling.

Ella paintings are distinctive for

their bold brush strokes and vibrant
colours. Ella creates our own past
rom fragments of reality in a
process that combines the wilful
aspects of
remembering and forgetting with
the coincidental and unconscious.
On a high level, she aims to
illustrate this process that forms
our inner
landscape Thus, a figure in motion ,
a lady moving out other shadows,
can become a window into an
alternate world, much like lived
reality
becomes its alternate in
remembered experience.
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They record on both micro- and

macroscopic dimensions in her
exploration with a new
language that frees her and
welcomes viewers' contemplation.
Ella signature is clearly legible in
these works. In a very loose form,
they show
the visual codes that she has
developed in her painting oeuvre
over the past years. The works are
immediate, expressive and at the
same time

The end result is a direct and

spontaneous gesture on canvas
that, in turn, is based on insight
gained in previous work and which
gives these
paintings their inescapable
explosiveness. No doubt, that her
expression and passion for painting
inspire viewers to see, feel, and
enjoy in
ELLA PRAKASH
their unique ways.

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RESIDENCY DATES
Session I: August 17 - 28, 2015
Session II: November 1 - 14,
2015
REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Thursday, April 9, 2015
We will explore the
Dacia Gallery invites artists to contemporary art galleries of
participate in an exciting Artist Chelsea and the Lower East
Residency program in
Side and visit the great
New York City. Dacia's Artist
museums of New York.
Residency provides an
Additionally, an exhibition and
academic program to inspire, opening reception will be held
refine and redefine the creative for the participating resident
direction of artists in a painting artists at Dacia Gallery. This is a
intensive two-week program. wonderful opportunity to
Art classes will alternate
study, paint and exhibit in NYC.
between figurative painting
and drawing, cityscape and
plein air painting, the business For more information and to
of art, guest speakers and
register please visit our
lecturers.
website:
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Adaptations, imitations and

translations of Hafez' poems
(Persian: exist in all major languages.
,)known by his pen name
Hfez (;also Hfiz; 1325/26
1389/90), was a Persian poet
who "laud[ed] the joys of love
and wine [but] also targeted
religious hypocrisy".His collected
works are regarded as a pinnacle
of Persian literature and are to
be found in the homes of most
people in Iran, who learn his
poems by heart and use them as
proverbs and sayings to this day.
painting ( Mohammad tajvidi)
His life and poems have been the
subject of much analysis,
commentary and interpretation,
influencing post-fourteenth
century Persian writing more
than any other author.
Themes of his ghazals are the
beloved, faith, and exposing
hypocrisy. His influence in the
lives of Persian speakers can be
Hafez Tomb
found in "Hafez readings" (fl-e
hfez, Persian: )and the
frequent use of his poems in
Persian traditional music, visual
art, and Persian calligraphy. His
tomb is visited often.
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Khwja Shams-ud-Dn
Muhammad Hfez-i Shrz

Legends
Many semi-miraculous mythical
tales were woven around Hfez
after his death. It is said that by
listening to his father's recitations,
Hfez had accomplished the task
of learning the Qur'an by heart at
an early age (that is in fact the
meaning of the word Hafez).
At the same time, Hfez is said to
have known by heart the works of
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Muhammad
Balkhi), Saadi, Farid ud-Din, and
Nizami.

spiritual union with the divine. A

Western parallel is that of Dante
and Beatrice.

At age 60, he is said to have begun

a Chilla-nashini, a 40-day-and-night
vigil by sitting in a circle which he
had drawn for himself. On the 40th
day, he once again met with Zayn
al-Attar on what is known to be
their fortieth anniversary and was
offered a cup of wine. It was there
where he is said to have attained
"Cosmic Consciousness". Hfez
hints at this episode in one of his
According to one tradition, before verses in which he advises the
meeting his patron Hajji Zayn alreader to attain "clarity of wine" by
Attar Hfez had been working in a letting it "sit for 40 days".
bakery, delivering bread to a
wealthy quarter of the town.
Although Hafez hardly ever traveled
There, he first saw
outside Shiraz, in one tale
Shakh-e Nabat, a woman of great Tamerlane (Timur) angrily
beauty, to whom some of his
summoned Hfez to account for
poems are addressed. Ravished by one of his verses:
her beauty, but knowing that his
love for her would not be requited, If that Shirazi Turk would take my
he allegedly held his first mystic
heart in hand
vigil in his desire to realize this
union. During this, he encountered
a being of surpassing beauty who
identified himself as an angel, and
his further attempts at union
became mystic; a pursuit of

I would remit Samarkand and

Bukhr for her black mole.
Samarkand was Timur's capital and
Bokhara was his kingdom's finest
city. "With the blows of my lustrous
sword", Timur complained, "I have
subjugated most of the habitable
globe...to embellish Samarkand and
Bokhara, the seats of my
government; and you would sell
them for the black mole of some
girl in Shiraz!" Hfez, so the tale
goes, bowed deeply and replied,
"Alas, O Prince, it is this prodigality
which is the cause of the misery in
which you find me". So surprised
and pleased was Timur with this
response that he dismissed Hafez
with handsome gifts

painting ( ali asghar tajvidi)

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Life
Hafez was born in Shiraz, Iran.
His parents were from Kazerun,
Fars Province. Despite his
profound effect on Persian life
and culture and his enduring
popularity and influence, few
details of his life are known.
Accounts of his early life rely
upon traditional anecdotes.
Early tazkiras (biographical
sketches) mentioning Hafez are
generally considered unreliable.
At an early age he memorized
the Quran and was given the
title of Hafez, which he later
utilized as his pen name. The
preface of his Divn, in which his
early life is discussed, was
written by an unknown
contemporary whose name may
have been Moammad
Golandm. Two of the most
highly regarded modern editions
of Hafez's Divn are compiled by
Moammad Qazvini and Qsem
ani (495 ghazals) and by Parviz
Natil Khanlari (486 ghazals).

1315 or 1317; following an

account by Jami 1390 is
considered the year in which he
died. Hafez was supported by
patronage from several
successive local regimes: Shah
Abu Ishaq, who came to power
while Hafez was in his teens;
Timur at the end of his life; and
even the strict ruler Shah
Mubariz ud-Din Muhammad
(Mubariz Muzaffar). Though his
work flourished most under the
twenty-seven year reign of Jalal
ud-Din Shah Shuja (Shah Shuja),
it is claimed Hfez briefly fell out
of favor with Shah Shuja for
mocking inferior poets (Shah
Shuja wrote poetry himself and
may have taken the comments
personally), forcing Hfez to flee
from Shiraz to Isfahan and Yazd,
although no historical evidence
of this is available. His
mausoleum, Hfezieh, is located
in the Musalla Gardens of Shiraz.

Modern scholars generally agree

that Hafez was born either in
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The Annual Open Exhibition 2015

This prestigious annual exhibition shows over 200 portraits by over 100
artists and celebrates the diversity of this fascinating genre.
The selection of work on display, both from its members and the open
submission, is a fascinating barometer of current trends and holds a
mirror up to society by reflecting life in contemporary Britain.
Many of the works are available to Browse & Buy online now.
This year we have a number of interesting elements added to the
Annual Exhibition format:

Celebrating 15 years of the Royal

Society of Portrait Painters' permanent
collection 'People's Portraits'. Usually
housed at Girton College, Cambridge, a
selection of the works will be on
display during the Annual Exhibition.

Two previous Bulldog Bursary winners, Sarah

Jane Moon and Emma Hopkins, have been
invited back for a mini-residency, Inside
Portraits. Taking place in the Learning Centre
from 16 to 19 April, both artists will be on hand
to talk about their work.

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Jonathan Newey is an award

winning artist who lives and works
in Reading, England. He comes
from a strong artistic background
and is believed to be the 4th
generation artist in his family. He
works in a variety of mediums and
subjects but specialises in pencil
drawings and paintings with
acrylic. He is an active
campaigner of environmental
issues and a member of The David
Shepherd Wildlife Foundation. I
am lucky to have been brought up
in an artistic environment and was
taught to draw from an early age.
As my confidence in my drawing
ability grew I began to draw and
paint wildlife and have progressed
into producing realistic drawings
and paintings of wildlife. I mainly
use my own photographs taken in
zoos and wildlife parks around the
UK. I use the internet and printed
material as reference and have
developed a unique drawing and
painting style concentrating on the
animal as the main subject of the
picture. He has work in collections
both in the UK and abroad and has

exhibited at a number of open

exhibition venues including The
Mall Galleries, London, West of
England Academy, Bristol, Royal
Society of Birmingham Artists and
The Morphi Gallery, Limassol,
Cyprus.

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David Truman
Designer, Visualiser, and
Based in Lincolnshire, I became a Illustrator.
full time artist in 2009, following
a career path of many of the
I draw inspiration from everyday
disciplines of Graphic Design
life, past and present, and have
working for Advertising Agencies been described as an eclectic
and Art studios.
artist.

I specialise in bringing my
subjects to life using watercolour
and acrylic mix paintings and
also graphite drawings. As far as
I can remember, I have always
shown an interest in Art, and
Art works, and encouraged at an
early age by an Uncle, who was
an excellent Equine Artist, it
seemed a high possibility that I
too would become an artist.
I attended Lincoln College of Art,
where I studied Fine Art and
History of Art. and then went on
to graduate as a Graphic
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peace nestle in my
house
The patterns that go
throughout the gun
make the gun seem at
rest and this represents
how peace has won
over war. Peace is
created when humans
take the set of human
rights seriously. The
hands are obligated to
spread peace to every
one .This piece of work
makes the watcher feel
at peace and eased.
The helmet that has
now been abandoned
by its own owner same
as the gun seems
nothing but a clothing
on its own and doesnt
anymore make others
feel at risk or danger
from what might be
coming next . The
butterflies are another
sign to show peace and
calm . If you
concentrate on this
painting you can see
that a gun and a war
helmet are harmless on

By : Aziz Anzabi
their own without being in the wrong hands
and dont symbolise neither peace nor war.

Chosen by the judges for the

competition of human rights!

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52nd ANNUAL BLUFF PARK

ART SHOW

October 3, 2015 - HOOVER,

ALABAMA
Application Deadline:
May 1, 2015
Application Fee: $40
Late Application Deadline:
May 15, 2015
(Additional $30 to apply)
The Bluff Park Art Association
consists of a diverse group of
people, all volunteers, who are
interested in promoting the arts.
For 51 years, we have been
bringing visual artists to the
Hoover/Birmingham metropolitan
area (2010 Census BirminghamHoover Metro Statistical Area - 1.82
million). The funds earned from
this one-day event enable us to
continually work toward our goal of
promoting the Arts in the
community, the schools and in the
home.
The object and purpose of the Bluff
Park Art Association is to promote

or originate projects, coordinate

activities with, or participate in, any
organization or program which will
further the purpose of the
education and/or appreciation of
Art on the part of the public,
primarily in the
Hoover/Birmingham metropolitan
area of Alabama.
The Bluff Park Art Association
invites artists and craftsmen to
apply to exhibit and sell their
original work at the 52nd Annual
Bluff Park Art Show.
Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale at
the National Western Stock Show
January 9 - January 24, 2016 Denver, CO
Application Deadline:
April 30, 2015
Application Fee: $25

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