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prayer

aval khooda aghli bedeh be shooma, va dota cheshmaye bina ta tashkhis bedeed honar chi haast, dovvom ye poole hesabi be maa

to red wine

Working in a western style of art, does not have to mean rejecting or overlooking ours, it is just a way of expressing yourself. These are different schools of thoughts, and one may prefer one platform over the other.
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If one were to subscribe to your theory,(that everyone has to follow whatever art they are born into), then, they have to reject the influences of other western art also. Meaning, we had to do away with all our pop culture as well. So by this token, you'll have to reject works of Anoushiravan Rohani, Googoosh, Heideh, Viguen, Aref,....why? Because they have borrowed from western elements, such as harmony, and using non-Iranian instruments, eg., the piano. You see the point that I am getting at? Where do we draw a line of what is acceptable or not in art inspiration and technique?
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And it is not just us that gets inspiration from others, it can go both ways. ( eg. Van Gogh by Japanese prints), or the influence of Chinese art on how the western artists rendered their still life.
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Art needs to be free and evolving. Here, I want to emphasize my affection, and esteem towards the traditional Persian art regarding its sophistication and mathematical complexity. However, I do not believe that one has to limit themselves in certain platform or manner of expression.

Pomegranate and blood again??!

Pomegranate and blood again??! are you shitting me? ashoura and pomegranate blood???!! I just feel like taking those pomegranates and hit those freaks in the picture with it, except the kid, he is innocent and follows like a sheep, the rest are guilty as hell. baba dast bardar!

Deciphering the picture

To: Aref-Adib
Nice finds. Pomegranate and pomegranate juice represent body/soul and blood. I also decipher religious "five tan" from this picture. A hand with bloody stained fingers.
Interesting in one frame, this bloody hand has middle finger in up position while offering a pomegranate (body/soul and blood).

I do not know to make out a progressive or a backward message here.

Puzzled

To Ice Cream

hala ma  inspiration nemikhahim,mageh ma chi kam darim ? art-e ma ro hich kas touy-e Asia nadareh ! nagou keh Japan va India va China, art-e behtari az ma daran,nah hoseleh adam sar mireh ! hala in cheh karie keh ma berim copy konim ? in hameh khodemun ideas darim,in hameh misheh kar kard rouyeh persian art, pas chera copy konim ?!?!?!

In avalin bar nist keh yeki miad hamchin kari ro mikoneh,va man motmaenam keh mesl-e baghieh, ishan ham pashiman mishavand va bi khial az har chi western art hast !

Zendeh bad Iran .

The whole thing is CRAP.

The whole thing is CRAP. Its story and art both CRAP. It's hard to get 5 people in a room with a table and few pomegranate??? are you kidding me?? these people just need to fold this CRAP and try again. If it is any good they'll get encouraged. Just like any other artist. But if it is CRAP and you keep insisting it is art then you'll get a boat load of CRAP!

Incourage our YOuth

SO far with "Baba Kara"and immitation music converted to digital sound(farangi like) we did not get any international attention,
Maybe this way we can,
This is art and all artist has to do is to Express themselves ,Story might be tasteless(According to ours) But this is art ,it must have some critics too.Most of people with negative comments or some positive have not seen this theater How can they make comment like(baba jamesh kon) or so on..any Idea how hard it is to just assemble small theater company together hmmmmmmmmmm they might not be up to your standards but give them time to better themselves.I wish all of them good luck and keep on going.

Subjective nature.

Subjective nature. Do you even know what it means? you sure you don't mean objective nature? Are you talking about art as a whole or crap vs good?

to redwine: copying vs inspiration

I can understand people that don't like this or any other art, and who can argue with them, given it's subjective nature. But since your reasoning for rejecting it, was because it was a copy, has many flaws.
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First ,almost all artists get inspired (subconsciously, or consciously) from other artist's works, and a lot of them, have copied the other artist's work in their own styles. It is called inspiration.

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Second, Iranian art has been influenced heavily by the western art since mid to late Qajar period. For example works such as Kamol-ol-molk are indications of that, not only in terms of the medium, but also the lighting and posing as well. If you were judging arts based on the fact that it is a copy, you'll have to reject many other famous western artists also, because you don't see it as inspiration. Since music is an art form, then you'll also have to reject ALL non-traditional Iranian music, because they're copies also. And don't stop there. Since fashion is an art form also, based on your analogy, we need to get rid of all our clothing because it is a copy of western clothing. Yeap, are you ready to go back to your "kolah namadi"?
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-It is one thing to copy, and another to get inspired. I can see a lot of inspiration in his work from many different artists and eras, however, I liked it. And I equally understand if someone just hates it.

The etable blood of heart

Squeeze it until the last drop of its warm blood fill your mouth...

I insist... all of them are Ashghal .

In hameh dastan mastan nasazin.. un yaru Farah Pahlavi ham hei mikhast ma ro mesle kharejia bekoneh,vali natunest !

Berin iranian art ro nejat bedin, to ro Khoda enghadar copy kar nabashid .original bashid . 

The Etable Heart

Right out of the oven like fresh bread...

Ghalb

Who is going to be beheaded tonight so the human the cannibalist could have a descent meal for dinner tonight-- Beyond nailing .... there is no dinner in it...

"calleh -- Pacheh-- Hezaar laa, zaboon, Maghz, seer aaab, Ghoost, ....jaghal baghool, jeegar, donbalaan, Gholveh, ghalb"

Ghalb!

Some artists' photo in a

Some artists' photo in a series would look good on a wall. NOT THIS ONE! At best this is ghetto art. These people look out of place and out of character. It's just stupid and what's worse they actually believe it is art! Just plain stupid.

Deciphering the picture"

I love deciphering the picture: 

Pomegranates juice on white T-shirts
//www.historyofjihad.org/ashura.jpg

Caravaggio’s Supper at Emmaus 1601
//www.toffsworld.com/art_artists_painters/images/caravaggio.jpg

The Colour of Pomegranates by Sergei Parajanov
//www.newyorker.com/images/2007/01/08/p233/070108_r15807_p233.jpg

Aberoo har chi artist hast

Aberoo har chi artist hast bordeed. Zereshki!

Who cares about labels of western or eastern? It is alive.

It is alive. It is the dogma breaker. This &*^5ing religion of Islam has blocked and wired most minds that black or white has become the only accepted colors with black color as dominant.

Can you see the hearts behind them? If not, the color of black has darkened your human vision.

Extremely disturbing.

Extremely disturbing.

Great style. They look cool

Great style. They look cool on a wall in series, as if telling a story. I prefer series that are limited to 3 or 4, however for exhibition purposes, this # of photos is fine too.

BEAROW AGHA! They call every

BEAROW AGHA! They call every crap art and want to stifle the critics! BAEROW AGHA! BAEROW sell this nonsense to your friends. BAEROW TA BA DAMPAYEE NAZADAM TOYE MAGHZAT BUD KONI! Where did you learn art? DAR KOODADESTAN? I know art! BEAROW DIGAR SEDAYAT HAM DARNAYAD!

Anonymous5 ?!

This poor Haji just can't hide his identity, can he?

Iranian history in times Shah of Iran

and Iranian like monkeyed western life and i do not understand why? I never saw in west american or Canadian are going after are life ? no/ why / because they are not crazy as us? and stupid.tell me where you from ? where you stupid born, what is the your mother's languages?

Ghatebeh!

Well then why don't you go and enjoy your Ghatebeh? What are you doing looking at this work here?

It's just CRAP! Just like

It's just CRAP! Just like JJ's poem about eating pomegranate in bed! No one knows you squeeze pomegranate and get your shirt red?? Ghatebeh (those who know Ghatebeh should know) would say BAEROW AGHA! BAEROW! BAEROW KASHKAK RA BESAB! "DON'T UNDERSTAND" BAeROW AGHA BAEROW! BEAROW DIGAR ROYAT RA KAM KOM!

So then ...

... the art that you don't understand is crap just because you don't understand it?!

It did something to me

Not sure what... but the series grabbed my attention. Imagine them in a row on all four walls in a room. I'd like that very much.

ASHGHAL. MOZAKHRAF.

ASHGHAL. MOZAKHRAF.

شيش و هشت يادتون نره

بابا اينا ديگه چيه؟

از كي تا حالا ايروني اداي خارجي هارو در  مياره؟

Nice work

Echoes of Velasquez and Caravaggio.

Your work is getting better and better.

CRAP!

Complete CRAP!