James Groleau

Arbil, portraits of Iran, by James Groleau

2004

Title: Kirkuk Medium: Mezzotint Image Size: 12" x 10" Edition Size: 20 ABSENCE OF PASSION / PORTRAITS OF IRAQ Kirkuk is from The Absence of Passion suite of fifteen mezzotint portra...

Edition of 80. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. Pasternak's work was featured o on the title page of Carol Wax's masterful book "The History of the Mezzotint". Pasternak has b...

Digital print on paper Edition of 10 Aziz Anzabi is a British artist with Iranian origins born in 1970 who lives & works in London, UK. He exhibits many artworks in the U.S, the Ne...

Acrylic paint on paper Hand-signed by the artist Unique work THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF MOHAMMAD ARIYAEI " Gentleness and oriental wisdom follow the supercharged bubbling to which we were accustomed from the previous deliberately art brut exhibition by Mohammad ARIYAEI. The Iranian painter's imagination moves serenely from the wildest frenzy to the meditative calm of great, fabulous stories. The artist then took pleasure in pouring the volcanic torrent of his barbaric figures onto the delicate latticework with which he is accustomed to lining his backgrounds with the patience of an illuminating monk. Already sweetness and paroxysm coexisted. Now gentleness wins. The trained imagination of the painter, yet spontaneously bubbling, by instinct as much as by erudition, has no difficulty in reconnecting with the abundant oriental tradition of the thousand and one nights, which, like a long underground river, resurfaces at the light of his painting. Spring renewal of traditions still alive. Systematic filling of space, a sort of oriental version of the Riches Heures...