Surrealism
The text of the lecture by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Fighting Cock (Khorus Jangi) Art Association; the year 1949 The roots of all kinds of thoughts and ideas exist in a latent and weak manner in the depths of...
Tagged: Art Criticism
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What Were the Old Painters of Iran Doing Among Books, and What Are Their Successors Doing?
Text of a lecture by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Fighting Cock (Khorus Jangi) Art Association, 1949 I have repeatedly been asked to write about the characteristics of the miniature (this Iranian painting of the Islamic period) and to draw...
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The Position of the Art of Painting in the Current Society of Iran
Text of the lecture by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Fighting Cock (Khorus Jangi) Art Association, published in the Azarpad weekly, issues 5 and 6, 22 and 29 April 1950 This artistic stir which is currently seen in painting has...
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Cubism in Iran; Painting Is Highly Present, Yet Foreign
Text of a lecture by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Anatole France Cultural Association (Tehran), published in the weekly “Azarpad”, No. 9, 20 May 1950 Geometric painting, or Cubism, had taken root, and its opponents, experts, and critics were gripped...
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A New Era, a New Mold
Text of Master Jalil Ziapour’s speech at the Bahman Mohassess exhibition, published in the weekly publication “Niruy-e Sevom”, No. 15, 28 November 1952 For some time, Bahman Mohassess had practiced Cubism under me to familiarize himself with new artistic matters....
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Outcries
The article by Master Jalil Ziapour, titled “Outcries”, published in Payam-e No magazine, special issue 10 and 11, August 1950. I was looking at the artistic headings and the submitted article in large print by Musa Arvand (published...
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The Necessity of Keeping Pace with Transformation and the Responsibility of the Artist
Text of Master Jalil Ziapour’s lecture at Pahlavi High School, published in the newspaper “Mehr-e Iran”, No. 2153, 20 October 1949 Curiosity about the new art spread from the artists who had graduated from the faculty and the...