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Social sculpcher or Community-Based Art : From Ruin to Cultural Beacon In addition to being an environmental artist, Ahmad Nadalian is also active in the field of social sculptur and community-based art. Since 2009, he has transformed many abandoned buildings into museums, galleries, tourist accommodations, ritual centers, and cultural centers. He created conditions for women, […]
For many yeard Ahmad Nadalian helped Mohsen to draw social subject, like outsider artists. In 2015, after covering the cost of whitewashing the walls of Mohsen’s house, Nadalian helped Mohsen to draw the history, Culture ritual of Hormuz Island on the walls of his house. In adition Nadalian asked Mohsen’ to draw his life story […]
In the process of Nadalian’s artistic creation and Ahmad Nadalian’s life, challenges and threats become opportunities, the result of which is creative artistic creation in the field of social art. Documentation shows that artists throughout history have used the same method. The end result of a work of art cannot be determined in advance. The […]
In 1998 come to back Iran from England. After the invitation of the Iranian Oil Company some management professors from a Canadian university come to Iran and thir intention was to hold a management workshop for the senior managers of the oil company. They asked the organizers of the workshop to provide painting easels, canvases, […]
My long-term experience in Hormuz Island and Qeshm villages shows that teaching and doing artwork can be useful as a method to increase self-confidence. If you travel to Hormuz Island, you will see that women play a prominent role in various jobs. In the first years when tourism was gradually formed, the first job of […]
Many times I presented my art works on the street floor. Most of my work has been a form of protest art. Their subject and content were very diverse. Opposition to war, social issues such as ignoring the rights of women and children, violence and limitation against them. In 2006 I installed many keys that […]
Throughout history, many women cut their hair for various reasons. Many people cut their hair to mourn. Sometimes hair of women had been cute to punish them, so much so that if someone was called “hair cut” it meant that he was a criminal and was punished. Poverty and economic need of women and girls […]
Besides dolls, I collect old mannequins. The aesthetics of the mannequins’ bodies and faces raise questions for me. They follow the western model. By studying them, you can see the tension and interests behind the veils of appearance. They represent something that traditionalists disagree with. But there is no other way. They have become so […]
Tourism in Hormuz Island started in 2008. I want to continue writing the history of the island’s social evolution. During the festivals of 2006 or 2007, food was ordered to houses. Sometimes the artists themselves prepared food. Places of accommodation were temporary houses and sometimes institutional houses. Until 2009, no one advertised food or accommodation. […]
I collect old dolls. For me discarded dolls are a metaphor for neglected children. The dolls can be found everywhere, often sourced from the garbage, but sometimes I will ask girls to donate their old dolls in exchange for new ones. The collection is on display in the museum. Indigenous doll made of old cloth. […]