New gallery opens with display of works by great Iranian artists

TEHRAN – A new gallery opened on Friday with an exhibition of works by great Iranian artists.

 

Hojjat Shakiba, a painter who mostly is famous for his recreations of works by the Qajar era painter Kamalolmolk, is the founder of the gallery, which was named after him.

 

Works by master miniaturist Mahmud Farshchian, calligraphers Ali Shirazi, Jalil Rasuli and Esrafil Shirchi as well as painter Nasser Ovissi and Shakiba himself went on display at Shakiba Gallery.

 

Mohammad Ghaffari (1847-1940), known as Kamalolmolk, served as a court painter during the reign of Nasser ad-Din Shah.

 

A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran, Shakiba is famous for Hyperrealism, a genre of painting and sculpture resembling a high-resolution photograph. Shakiba mostly centers on the history of Iran in his paintings.

 

Sahkiba had a close relationship with filmmaker Ali Hatami (1944-1996) who needed a painter skilled in the Hyperrealism style of artworks. As a result, Shakiba was introduced to him to recreate paintings for Hatami in his productions.

 

The painting of the city of Mashhad in Hatami’s historical TV series “Hezar-Dastan”, and all the paintings in the TV series of “Kamalolmolk” have been recreated by Shakiba.

 

Shakiba Gallery is located at 44 Taheri St., off Africa Ave.

 

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