At the end of October 1993, the faces of some girls attacked by acid in Isfahan. After hearing this news, with the help of my wife, I performed an artwork. My intention was to sympathize with the girls whose bodies and souls were damaged. در طول دو دهه، من صدها […]
For more than two weeks, I travel to East Africa and I performed many works. It was very exiting to see Africa. Because many Afro Iranian live in Hormoz Island. One of my art works in Zanzibar was a performance called “Experience of Blackness in the land of Black People” In Tanzania National museum I […]
During my early stay in Hormuz Island, I worked with kaniz. We produce many collaborative art works. As we were working on the paintings, Kaniz told me many stories. Kaniz’s life story is strange. Kaniz lives in Hormoz Island. She got married when she was seven years old. In some small towns, parents decide the […]
از ابتدای حضور در جزیره هرمز اعتقاد داشتم که تاکید و توجه به فرهنگ و هنر آئینی و گذشته جزیره می تواند آنها را زنده نگاه دارد. با رشد علم و علوم عقلی ، آئین ها بی معنی و فراموش می شوند. افراد جامعه به جای بابا زار به روان درمانگر و داروهای روانپزشکان پناه […]
I love money laundering and I always wash my dirty money. Money is like dirt. Always wash your money well. On my last trip to Europe a few years ago, when I arrived in Switzerland, I wash all my money in Lake Geneva. I have heard that many rich people in the world wash their […]
Since the fall of 2015, there has been a further institutionalizing of the role of art in cultural and economic development of local communities. Social and cultural activities were initiated in the coastal village Salakh of Qehem Island. In Zinat house, I teach girls and women to recycle and use old fabrics and put them […]
In the early years the main problem was marketing the art works women in Hormuz Island. It was not possible for girls to sell their work in public environment. To establish this mission I had to pay the price. I went to the port myself to sell the women’s artworks. Two girls accompanied me. But […]
During the early years of my life on Hormuz Island, I suggest to the local women that they recycle the discarded traditional trousers to make patchwork, and I will often now use them as a canvas for my own paintings. I found people burned old clothes or dumped them into the sea. I collect the […]
Over the many years I have stayed (since 2008) on Hormuz I have taught painting to the women of the island. The interaction is rich and I hope to provide art to help support each individual to develop their own vision of colour. In the years that have followed many girls and […]
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