Following the artist’s wishes, there is no preface or narrator in the book, so close friends who have been with him throughout his fifty years of artistic activity including Goli Taraghi, Dariush Shayegan, Shahla Hosseini, Sharouz Nazari, Leila Moghtader have provided short texts for his works.
There was only one original idea, or so-called artist’s own, a “backbone”, of the book, and the rest became apparent during its creation and compilation. It has always been the artist’s belief that the book should be like a life, which an audience can easily relate to.
About the Artist
Fereydoun is an Iranian and Zoroastrian artist who has been regarded as a most effective figure in Iranian contemporary art. He earned a bachelor’s degree in applied art of the theater from Arizona State University. He also holds a degree in film from New York University Film School. Over the past fifty years, he has worked as an artist, designer, art director, collector, gallery owner, and art sponsor. The artist has had more than 100 solo and group exhibitions throughout the world that are preserved in private collections and numerous museums including the MET in New York, the British Museum in London, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the LACMA, the Cy Twombly Foundation in New York, the TMoCA in Tehran and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
About the Publishers
Lajevardi Foundation is an independent not-for-profit organization that began its activities in 2005 by focusing on the recognition and promotion of contemporary Iranian and international art and culture. In recent years Lajevardi Foundation has organized exhibitions for many renowned contemporary artists, arranged research oriented and educational seminars in collaboration with experts, and created opportunities for experimental projects in the area of visual arts and new media.
