Tehran: Henna Art Gallery June 2012 Reza Lavasani 01

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 Born in 1962, Reza Lavassani received a BA in painting in 1991 from University of Tehran’s Faculty of Fine Arts.  As well as a painter he also is a gifted sculptor.Lavassani’s interest in mythology, sociology, religion and history made him spend years studying philosophy and mysticism and as a painter and a sculptor, all his creation is directly influenced by these interests.  Lavassani’s works are all his own visual interpretations of Persian literature and poetry with a special focus on Ghazal, a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter that generally is the expressions of both pain and loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain.Through his imagination he creates paintings and sculptures that are strongly recognizable as “Lavassani’s” creation.  In them he presents fable-like trees, wind, waves, horses, and musical instruments which are uniquely his and that even though they don’t resemble reality but all have a poetic realness to them.Lavassani draws and paints a blue print of each work before he starts on the actual piece later.  He mainly uses oil on canvas for his paintings and papier-mâché for his sculptures.Lavassani has held many solo exhibitions inside Iran and has been part of many international and domestic group exhibitions and art fairs.  His work has been included in number of important publications inside Iran and outside.  He has also been presented in auctions and his work is part of some important collections worldwide.