Ahad Hosseini (

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: Əhəd Hüseyni/احد حوسئيني;

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احد حسيني; born 14 August 1944 in Tabriz) is an

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sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable ...

and

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

. He was born in 1944 in

Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quru River valley in Iran's historic Azerbaijan region between long ridges of vo ...

, East Azerbaijan Province, northwest Iran. During his 2-year military service, he worked as teacher-soldier in a small mountain village located on the Caspian coast. A sense of loneliness in this remote village drove him to find his talent in sculpture. His first works of sculpture were of Einstein, Bertrand Russell, Beethoven, and Dr. Albert Schweitzer. He then worked for a short period in

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in Tehran. In 1972, he studied art in Italy as a student at the

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(Academy of Fine Arts) of Florence. After returning to Tabriz, he concentrated upon his work and created his 12 sculptures called "Misery Around the World" which he presented them to the

Azerbaijan Museum Azerbaijan Museum is the major archaeological and historical museum in Tabriz, in the northwest part of Iran (East Azerbaijan Province). It was established in April 1958. The museum consists of three major halls, a side yard, office rooms and a l ...

. The works are made of bronze and consists of different depictions of human misery. Between 1980 and 1982, Hosseini taught sculpture in Tabriz and edited a book entitled "What is Art?". He then lived in Turkey and made some sculptures for

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. His work
Thinking Man
is in the Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences. From 1984 until 1990, Hosseini studied and worked at the (

École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs The École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ÉnsAD, also known as Arts Decos', École des Arts Décoratifs) is a public grande école of art and design of PSL Research University. The school is located in the Rue d'Ulm in Paris. Prof ...

) (School of Decorative Arts) in Paris. There he explored "form". In 1993 he made about 60 masks for a French TV show. Hoseini's works have been displayed at many French art fairs: *1986 in Unesco, *1987 in Morangis, *1988 in Ris Orangis *1994 in Doaine ä Arcueil *1995 in Cachan Theatre, *1996 in the Hongrios Institute and Bernanos Gallery,

Works

* Misery Around the World including a collection of 12 episodes: Ignorance, War, Chains of Misery, The Miserable, Hunger, Political Prisoner, A Crystal Ball, Population growth, Racial Discrimination, 5 Monsters of Death, Anxiety and Autumn of Life (

). * Mona Lisa's Statue (School of Decorative Arts of Paris)

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20110711022222/http://www2.france-galop.com/fgweb/Domaines/Courses/course_detail.aspx?aaCrse=1994&spCrse=P&numCrsePgm=00944

External links

* http://www.artpulsion.com/artist.asp?artistID=87 * :File:Shahriyar - Tabrizu.jpg * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEECM_GwAwg * https://web.archive.org/web/20110715072522/http://www.perche-web.com/wordpress/?tag=ahad-hosseini * http://www.ouest-france.fr/2008/07/04/remalard/Durant-quatre-annees-Ahad-Hosseini-a-sculpte-sa-Joconde--54023906.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Hosseini, Ahad 1944 births Iranian painters Living people People from Tabriz Iranian sculptors