Eye candy

Paintings

by Saeed Siadat
29-Aug-2009
 

مهرگان سال 1328 در شیراز متولد شدم. در خانه ای با صفا با بوته های بزرگ یاس و گلهای رُز ؛ حاصل زحمات پدر (که صدایی خوش و خطی خوش داشت و شاهد مثال حرفهایش، شعری از حافظ و یا سعدی بود.) خانه ای که برای گلاب‌گیری از درختهای نسترن‌اش هر سال به سراغش می‌آمدند. خانه ای که در آن همه، نوروز را جدی می گرفتند. در کوچه ای بازی می کردم که هنوز هم به نام پدربزرگ نامیده می شود و هرکس به آن کوچه می آمد آشنا بود. در مدرسه ای درس خواندم که روزنامه دیواری اش را با «محمد قائد» درست می کردیم؛ او می نوشت و خط و نقاشی از من بود و دو دیوار کلاس گستره مشقهای ریز و درشت قائد و من (که رقابتی سخت داشتیم) مشقهایی که با مداد رنگی زمینه اش نقاشی شده بود... در شانزده سالگی به تهران کوچ کردیم، به زادگاه مادر... سالها بعد قائد را در روزنامه آیندگان یافتم که من طراح و نقاش اش بودم و او نویسنده اش و به پیشنهاد او در اوائل انقلاب به «کتاب جمعه» پیوستم و افتخار کار در کنار شاملوی بزرگ را یافتم. دوره دانشکده تزیینی را با کار با استادهای خوبی، که بیشتر دوست بودیم تا معلم و شاگرد، سپری کردم؛ «شید دل»، «ممیز»، «آیدین» و دیگر عزیزان. هفت سال پس از انقلاب به آلمان رفتم. دو سال و چند ماه که آنجا بودم، با یکی از پنج گرافیست و ایلوستریتور معروف آلمان کار می کردم و کارهایم در مجلات چاپ می شد. به امریکا آمدم و بعنوان گرافیست آزاد با مراکز نشر ایرانی کار کردم. و هفده سالی هست که آموزش نقاشی می دهم و نقاشی می کنم. نقاشی های این نمایشگاه، کارهای پس از انقلاب من است. طبیعت بیجان ها، پُرتره ها، کارهایی با موضوعهای مشخص ایرانی. هیچکدام در هیچ زمانی سفارشی نبوده و احساس و میل خودم باعث بوجود آمدن آنها شده است. با وجود شروع دوره جدیدی از کار که بسیار برایم هیجان انگیز و دلچسب است جذبه ی کارهایی با ساخت و ساز دقیق رهایم نمی کند؛ شاید آرامم می کند و شاید هم به گونه ای از فن و شیوه اجرایی که با زحمت به دست آورده ام به این شکل محافظت می کنم. جای یک دوره کار با گواش درباره جامعه امریکا که خود بسیار دوستشان دارم در این نمایشگاه خالی ست که می ماند برای زمانی دیگر و فضایی دیگر.

سعید سیادت
www.artbysaeed.com

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Jahanshah Javid

Smoothing over reality

by Jahanshah Javid on

Setareh Sabety has some good points. I too thought that it was odd that although the paintings are (almost) realistic, the women in many of these paintings have no vagina.

The genital area has been smoothed over in great nude statues of women as well, but Siadat's work are life-like and everything appears normal except for the vagina (although there are exceptions like #16). And so one wonders why? Are private parts too private?

On the other hand we should also consider that Saeed Siadat is not completely free to paint what he wishes when he is commissioned to paint a nude. In these cases, the customer/subject/model may prefer a hint/taste of sexuality rather than full exposure.


Arash_1970

Great work

by Arash_1970 on

Art can not be defined.It can not fit into any dictator's definition.Andy's Campbell Soup cans or Brillo boxes were art.Picasso's works were Art too.Even if you draw a line on a piece of white paper and call it art I'll call you an artist.Art is defined by thousands of people and critics in various ways. You can of course choose your own definition for it and stick to that definition but can not expect every one else to feel the same way.When it comes to art there is no definite answer.The French many years ago did not let Monet into their salons but today...

Mr Siadat's work is great in my opinion.I have always enjoyed looking at his work through the window of his Studio in Westwood. The hands are fine saeed jan , The vaginas are discret and once again your work reminds us that female beauty will never cease to amaze us.

Drwaing a woman does not make her a sex object in my oipnion but calling the collection "Eye Candy" might suggest that :-) Nudity is a very tabou subject in our visual arts even within our never returning back home diaspora.I think things will change as people are more and more exposed to such subjects.

Thank you for sharing Mr Siadat.I enjoyed it

 


gitdoun ver.2.0

is this art ??

by gitdoun ver.2.0 on

can't i get this off playboy.com ???  how is this Art ?? A good quote comes to mind --- "One person's Junk is another person's Art"

and i 100% agree with nazijoon.

And women complain that men are all dogs who only think of them as sex objects.  hmmmm. i wonder how or why in the world would men have such an impression. music videos, commercials, movies, Vogue Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine/ Periodicals in General,  music lyrics, Billboards and now "ART"  could have something to do with it ...maybe !


Khar

TheMrs, do you have to...

by Khar on

always find something disturbing in other people's work?! BTW, Hands? what hands? )


Khar

Very Elegant

by Khar on

Mr. Siadat, you are a gifted artist sir, Thanks for sharing your work. 


Ahmed from Bahrain

Eye candy, yes; but art?

by Ahmed from Bahrain on

This is more like a chocolate box art, reasonably good in execution but monotonous and lacks true form, composition and individuality.

Expect this from a second year aspiring artist who needs to spend a lot more time developing his/her uniqueness.

Take this as a good critique from someone who has painted since school days and visited many European galleries and paid attention to works of art produced by masters.

Personally I love individuality, here is Egon Schiele when it comes to individuality. One instantly recognises his nudes.

//www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~svb/Schiele/OmarmingG.jpe...

More here:

//www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~svb/Schiele/

I would never discourage any artist. So, go on painting despite what you read here or anywhere else.

A true artist lives for art, breathes art and when not painting dreams about art.

All the very best.

Ahmed from Bahrain


Ahura

آفرین صد آفرین

Ahura


   جناب سعید سیا‌دت، شش و نیم قرن پیش همشهریت شمس‌الدین محمد نوشت                                 "کس چو حافظ نگشود از رخ اندیشه نقاب - تا سر زلف سخن را بقلم شانه زدند"          و حالا شما با قلم نقاب از رخ و اندام یار برداشتید، و چه زیبا. دست مریزاد. به کوری چشم و دل‌ کور آخوندها که بقول حافظ                           "پشمینه پوش تند خو کز عشق نشنیدست بو - از مستیش رمزی بگو تا ترک هوشیاری کند"  


Iraniandudeee

I agree with you

by Iraniandudeee on

This is degrading, and I'm a man myself.......... A very sexyman in fact :P


TheMrs

I find it disturbing that

by TheMrs on

I find it disturbing that some of the nudes have great boobies accompanied by man hands! Does the artist need to work on how to depict feminine hands or is that what the models actually looked like? And thank good ness, there were no forests in this series, it's no the seventies!


yolanda

Re: lol, Yolanda (Thank you, Souri, for the link!)

by yolanda on

I visited the site you provided. Yes, it has different designs of towels. I like the towels in #19 and #22 in your site. I  also like the model in #13, she does not look that bad, she just needs to have a bigger scarf to cover the strategic positions.

thanks for sharing!

yolanda


gol-dust

Nazinoon, did you say:"piece of meet?" they are artists!

by gol-dust on

cultural issues. in 2006 he had a hendi model. so i assume she left her hendi sheet behind, and that is why he is using the same sheets over and over again. Also, since he has to re-use it, it is easier to wash those thin sheets. No? That's not it?


nazijoon

you are right.

by nazijoon on

i am agree with you in this word there are no respect for women any more they see here as a piece of meet that's all


ramintork

Ah, the beauty of the female form

by ramintork on

Ah the beauty of the female form, always a pleasure. Thanks for posting.


capt_ayhab

wooow

by capt_ayhab on

Nothing personifies beauty of a woman like a painting, clothed or not.

Beautiful paintings, I love them all.

-YT 


Abarmard

I like

by Abarmard on

number ten.


Setareh Sabety

sarah m.

by Setareh Sabety on

I agree with you mostly though at this age I personally would love to be taken as a 'sex object"! lol. but joking aside, I think you are right what struck me too was the lack of pubic hair and the very unreal looking vaginas. one of the pics #12? the model looks like a shemale tucking in his penis between his legs. now if this is a drawing of a she male then great. but if not then to demean the vagina like this is tasteless. either show it in all its glory or just don't go there! and surely ebi this is no rubens! is the artist a friend of yours? this is more like the fifties porn post cards. i checked out the artist's other works and much prefer them. this in my hmo is not good art both anatomically and aesthetically!


Souri

lol, Yolanda

by Souri on

Go to the link I provided below, and pick #11 and #19

You will have similar towels. Those models are more gentle with the towels, you may get a better choice there :)

Have fun!


Shazde Asdola Mirza

Wondering out loud: do women get as excited seeing a buff guy?

by Shazde Asdola Mirza on

Very nice works of art.

Thanks for sharing.


ebi amirhosseini

An affirmation to sexual attraction of women....

by ebi amirhosseini on

Your paintings remind me of Rubens painting:

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rubens_Venus_at_a_Mirror_c1615.jpg

Sepaas

 

Ebi aka Haaji


yolanda

My favorite..

by yolanda on

My favorite is the towel in #17. Too bad that the towel got blocked! I wanted to buy the towel!


Sarah M

Appreciating women.

by Sarah M on

These pictures, while technically generally well done, show a problem inherent in male-dominated societies all over the world. These women are portrayed entirely as sexual objects. Prepubescently hairless objects with little to no depth. I'd like to see a woman drawn as she is sometime. Pubic hair, extra padding, emotional depth and all.

Until men start treating women like the wonderful beings they are instead of the purely sex objects they aren't, pictures like these will be accepted as "honoring women" when they are in fact degrading them.


Souri

nice, but.....

by Souri on

Why he uses always the same towel for his different models?

//iranian.com/main/image/42747


میرزاقشمشم

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میرزاقشمشم


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Sinibaldi

Inner relief.

by Sinibaldi on

The vertex of a mountain appears over a rainbow, where the light of my dreams describes in the will a perpetual desire.  Francesco Sinibaldi  

AK69

The Artist Has Wonderful Talent

by AK69 on

- Cheers!

AK69 

Bar Labe Goore Man, Avaz Bekhan


Mola Nasredeen

Tastey candies you've done

by Mola Nasredeen on

Do you have their video clips too?

Post them here, if you do. We'll sure appreciate it.


Red Wine

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by Red Wine on

زیبا تر از پیکر برهنه زن در دنیا سراغ ندارم،اگر کسی‌ دارد،حتما از خیالات است.

سپاسگزارم.