THE SPACE BETWEEN ORNAMENT AND LANGUAGE ...calligraphy is about the rhythm and not meaning - you go with the Rhythm and Meaning becomes more Un-important - it is just an space between ornaments and the language PARASTOU FOROUHAR Iranian-born Berlin-based Artist Parastou ForouharTurning tragedy into a source of creativity, or why art doesn’t have to be street art to be politically subversiveOne November evening in 1998, Iranian intellectuals and activists Dariush and Parvaneh Forouhar, supporters of the democratically elected Prime Minister, were savagely murdered in their home in Tehran. Their devastated daughter, Berlin-based artist Parastou Forouhar, channeled her grief in the language she spoke most fluently: art — powerful, poignant, subversive art that pulls you into its uncomfortable beauty with equal parts urgency and mesmerism. In, Parastou Forouhar: Art, Life and Death in Iran, London-based writer and curator Rose Issa has gathered some of Forouhar’s most provocative yet poetic work from the artist’s exhibitions in Germany, exploring everything from democracy to women’s rights to her parents’ brutal murder. (Maria Popova) No Such Thing As An Innocent Bystander AnywhereOn Earth PARASTOU FOROUHAR is an Iranian female artist that lives and works in Germany. Her work has been exhibited around the world including Iran, Germany, Russia, Turkey, England, United States and more. She was exiled from her home country after her parents, Dariush and Parvaneh Forouhar, were murdered. She and her brother, Arash, became politically charged when they were prevented from publicly commemorating the death of their parents. Forouhar’s art reflects her criticism of the Iranian government and often plays with the ideas of identity. The loss of her parents fuels Forouhar’s work and challenges viewers to take a stand on war crimes against innocent citizens.FOROUHAR Born in 1962 in Teheran, the capital of Iran, Parastou Forouhar grew up with politically active parents. Her father, Dariush, was the founder and leader of the Hezb-e-Mellat-e Iran (Nation of Iran Party), a pan-Iranist opposition party in Iran. He also served as the Minister of Labor in the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Mehdi Bazargan He critiqued the Islamic government and the 1979 constitution adopting Shi’a Islam as the official religion. Dariush and Parvaneh Forouhar were murdered in their home in Teheran in 1998 by the Iranian Secret Service. Their murder was most likely provoked by Dariush’s criticism against the Islamic Republic and its abuse of human rights. Only recently has the government confessed to these murders, which reveal to be apart of a series of killings intended to wipe out any opposition to the Islamic Republic (washingtonedu/femartarchives)
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