Mosques of Isfahan (C), 1962
This work is one of three in the NYU Art Collection from Pilaram’s series Mosques of Isfahan. For a discussion, see the entry for his Mosques of Isfahan (B), c. 1962.
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Village Mosque, 1962
This work is one of three in the NYU Art Collection from Pilaram’s series Mosques of Isfahan. For a discussion, see the entry for his Mosques of Isfahan (B), c. 1962.
Mosques of Isfahan (B), c. 1962
Faramarz Pilaram was—along with Charles Hossein Zenderoudi and Parviz Tanavoli—among the first modern Iranian artists to employ both calligraphic forms and Shiite iconography. The Abby Weed grey Collection at NYU contains three mixed-media works (G1975.110, G1975.111, and G1983.12) in the Mosques of Isfahan series. These refer to the famed houses of worship in Pilaram’s native […]
Prayer for the Sun, 1962
Armajani arrived in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1960 to attend Macalester College, and he painted Prayer for the Sun while a student of philosophy there. At first glance the work appears completely abstract. Upon closer examination, however, one can detect letters in Arabic script that Armajani scratched and buried in the two ovoid forms that […]