I’ve decided to do conceptual portraits of famous Iranian living personalities. The first was Reza Pahlavi.
This is a portrait which is more about his TV personality and what he deals with rather than than himself.
The Tate Modern type synopsis:
– A ring round the stigmitized middle child
– A childhood story of neglect in “Ba Ba Nan Nadad” i.e. Dad did not give bread.
– sculpture of an undead child (I used plaster and acrylic for that one)
– A telephone as his programs are call-in programs
– A CD that represents recurring memories
– An upside down calculator saying Hello and needs light to work, representing a misfunctioning rational that wants to reach out
– Rosary beads and a clay prayer forehead rest representing religious taboos that leave influnce.
– Finally a practical psychology book.
