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A
Tribute
to
Masoumeh
Seyhoun
Iran’s
modern
art is
deeply
indebted
to the
efforts
and
devotion
of some
unforgettable
names
among
whom » Masoumeh
Seyhoun « is
one of
the most
outstanding.
She, one
of the
rare
avant-garde
woman
painters
of her
own
time,
began a
lasting
impact
on
Iranian
art
since
the
foundation
of
Seyhoun
Art
Gallery.
Iran, a
country
marching
toward
modernist
developments
and
seeking
progression
in all
fields,
needed
people
who
would
both
remain
faithful
to the
traditionional
and
cultural
roots of
their
home
country
in this
search
for
innovativeness
and
restrain
from
adopting
a sheer
immitation
and
westernisation.
This
task
became
harder
especially
when
Iranian
art
experienced
the
effects
of the
1979
Islamic
Revolution
that
challenged
modernist
ideas of
progress
and
change.
In all
the
subsequent
years
after
the
Islmaic
Revolution,
Masoumeh
Seyhoun,
in the
corner
of her
small
gallery,
patrozined
a large
number
of
artists
till the
appreciation
and
erudition
of the
new age
took
shape
gradually
and
painstakingly.
Upstanding
still
after
six
decades
of
experinece
and
wisdom
but
crooked
in the
face of
the
hostilities
of the
times,
she
never
ceased
her
attempts.
There
were no
artistic
events
she
hadn’t
knowledge
of nor
any
aesthetic
experineces
she had
not
gained.
The
youth of
the
later
years
neither
know nor
can
easily
understand
this
period,
but
those
who are
their
elders,
especially
those
who have
seen
her,
worked
with her
and
respected
her
highly,
never
lose a
chance
to renew
their
revernce
for her.
And
therefore,
upon
Nader
Seyhoun’s
suggestion
and with
the
collaboration
between
Seyfollah
Samadian
and I, a
group of
honorable
Iranian
photographers
have
presented
their
photos
in a
collection
called »White
Like
Seyhoun« in
Masoumeh
Seyhoun’s
honor
becausechances
for
paying
homage
to
people
such as
her are
incomparable
and
little.
Nader
Davoudi,
May 2014
Artists
of this
exhibition
Ali
Rahbar,
Alfred
Yaghoubzadeh,
Arman
Stepanian,
Azadeh
Akhlaghi/ Jamshid
Bayrami,
Kaveh
Golestan,
Majid
Koohrang
Beheshti,
Mehran
Mohajer,
Mohammad
Farnoud,
Mohsen
Rastani,
Nasrollah
Kasraian,
Reza
Deghati,
Reza
Milani,
Romin
Mohtasham,
Sadegh
Tirafkan,
Seyfollah
Samadian,
Shahriar
Tavakoli,
Kamran
Adle,
Babak
Kazemi,
Reza
Kianian,
Samad
Ghorbanzadeh,
Fataneh
Dadkhah,
Abdolreza
Nikoo,
Mahmoud
Kalari,
Nader
Davoodi
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