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1-Georgia o'keeffe
8-Competition
10-Abolhassan
Sadighi
13-Competition
14-Asghar Bichareh
17-Kish Island
They smell your breath,
lest you had uttered ‘I
love you’.
They smell your heart!
Strange times are these
my dear.
They flog love at a
roadblock corner.
Love is better off hidden
in a closet at home.
Director: Aziz Anzabi
Editor and translator :
Asra Yaghoubi
Research: Zohreh Nazari
In this crooked dead-end
of twisting chill
they kindle their fire with
our song and poetry.
Do not risk thinking.
Strange times are these
my dear.

Georgia Totto O'Keeffe
(November 15, 1887 – March 6,
1986) was an American artist.
She is best known for her
paintings of enlarged flowers,
New York skyscrapers, and New
Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has
been recognized as the
"Mother of American
modernism".
Early life and education
Georgia O'Keeffe as a teaching
assistant to Alon Bement at the
University of Virginia in 1915
Georgia O'Keeffe was born on
November 15, 1887 in
a farmhouse located
at 2405 Hwy T in the town of Sun
Prairie, Wisconsin.Her parents,
Francis Calyxtus O'Keeffe and Ida
(Totto) O'Keeffe, were dairy
farmers. Her father was of Irish
descent. Her maternal
grandfather George Victor Totto,
for whom O'Keeffe was named,
was a Hungarian count who came
to America in 1848.
O'Keeffe was the second
of seven children and the first
daughter.
She attended Town Hall School in
Sun Prairie.By age ten she had
decided to become an artist,and
she and her sister received art
instruction from local
watercolorist Sara Mann. O'Keeffe
attended high school at Sacred
Heart Academy in Madison,
Wisconsin as a boarder between
1901 and 1902. In late 1902, the
O'Keeffes moved from Wisconsin
to the close-knit neighborhood of
Peacock Hill in Williamsburg,
Virginia. O'Keeffe stayed in
Wisconsin with her aunt and
attended Madison High School,
then joined her family in Virginia
in 1903. She completed high
school as a boarder at Chatham
Episcopal Institute in Virginia (now
Chatham Hall) and graduated in
1905. She was a member of the
Kappa Delta sorority.
O'Keeffe studied at the School of
the Art Institute of Chicago from
1905 to 1906.In 1907, she
attended the Art Students League
in New York City, where she
studied under William Merritt
Chase.
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In 1908, she won the League's
William Merritt Chase still-life
prize for her oil painting Dead
Rabbit with Copper Pot.Her prize
was a scholarship to attend the
League's outdoor
summer school in Lake George,
New York. While in the city
in 1908, O'Keeffe attended an
exhibition of Rodin's
watercolors at the gallery 291,
owned by her future husband,
photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
O'Keeffe abandoned the idea of
pursuing a career as an artist
in late 1908, claiming that she
could never distinguish herself as
an artist within the mimetic
tradition which had formed the
basis of her art training.She took a
job in Chicago as a commercial
artist. She did not paint for four
years,and said that the smell of
turpentine made her sick.
She was inspired to paint again in
1912, when she attended a
class at the University of Virginia
Summer School, where she was
introduced to the innovative ideas
of Arthur Wesley Dow by Alon
Bement. Dow encouraged artists to
express themselves using line,
color, and shading harmoniously.
From 1912-14, she taught art in the
public schools in Amarillo in the
Texas Panhandle.She attended
Teachers College of Columbia
University from 1914–15, where
she took classes from Dow, who
greatly influenced O'Keeffe's
thinking about the process of
making art.She served as a teaching
assistant to Bement during the
summers from 1913–16 and taught
at Columbia College, Columbia,
South Carolina in late 1915, where
she completed a series of highly
innovative charcoal abstractions.
After further course work at
Columbia in early 1916 and
summer teaching for Bement, she
took a job as head of the art
department at West Texas State
Normal College from late 1916 to
February 1918, the fledgling West
Texas A&M University in Canyon
just south of Amarillo. While there,
she often visited the Palo Duro
Canyon, making its forms a subject
in her work.

New York
O'Keeffe had made some charcoal
drawings in late 1915 which she
had mailed from South Carolina to
Anita Pollitzer. Pollitzer took them
to Alfred Stieglitz at his 291
gallery early in 1916.
Stieglitz told Pollitzer that the
drawings were the "purest, finest,
sincerest things that had entered
291 in a long while", and that he
would like to show them. O'Keeffe
had first visited 291 in 1908,
but did not speak with Stieglitz
then, although she came to have
high regard for him and to know
him in early 1916, when she was in
New York at Teachers College. In
April 1916, he exhibited ten of her
drawings at 291. O'Keeffe knew
that Stieglitz was planning to
exhibit her work but he had not
told her when, and she was
surprised to learn that her work
was on view; she confronted
Stieglitz over the drawings but
agreed to let them remain on
exhibit. Stieglitz organized
O'Keeffe's first solo show at 291 in
April 1917, which included oil
paintings and watercolors
completed in Texas.
Stieglitz and O'Keeffe corresponded
frequently beginning in 1916 and,
in June 1918, she accepted his
invitation to move to New York to
devote all of her time to her work.
The two were deeply in love and,
shortly after her arrival, they began
living together, even though
Stieglitz was married and 23 years
her senior. That year, Stieglitz first
took O'Keeffe to his family home at
the village of Lake George in New
York's Adirondack Mountains, and
they spent part of every year there
until 1929, when O'Keeffe spent
the first of many summers painting
in New Mexico. In 1924, Stieglitz's
divorce was approved by a judge
and, within four months, he and
O'Keeffe married. It was a small,
private ceremony at John Marin's
house, and afterward the couple
went back home. There was no
reception, festivities, or
honeymoon. O'Keeffe said later
that they married in order to help
soothe the troubles of Stieglitz's
daughter Kitty who was being
treated in a sanatorium for
depression and hallucinations at
that time.

The marriage did not seem to a public sensation. She once made
have any immediate effect on a remark to Pollitzer about the
either Stieglitz or O'Keeffe; they nude photographs which may be
both continued working on their the best indication of O'Keeffe's
individual projects as they had ultimate reaction to being their
before. For the rest of their lives subject: "I felt somehow that the
together, their relationship was, photographs had nothing to do
as biographer Benita Eisler with me personally." In 1978, she
characterized it,
wrote about how distant from
a collusion ... a system
them she had become: "When I
of deals and trade-offs, tacitly look over the photographs Stieglitz
agreed to and carried out, for the took of me-some of them more
most part, without the
than sixty years ago—I wonder who
exchange of a word. Preferring that person is. It is as if in my one
avoidance to confrontation on life I have lived many lives. If the
most issues, O'Keeffe was the person in the photographs were
principal agent of collusion in their living in this world today, she would
union.
be quite a different person—but it
Stieglitz started photographing doesn't matter—Stieglitz
O'Keeffe when she visited him in photographed her then."
New York City to see her 1917 Beginning in 1918, O'Keeffe came
exhibition. By 1937, when he to know the many early American
retired from photography, he had modernists who were part of
made more than 350 portraits of Stieglitz's circle of artists, including
her. Most of the more erotic Charles Demuth,
photographs were made in the
1910s and early 1920s. In February
1921, forty-five of Stieglitz's
photographs were exhibited in a
retrospective exhibition at the
Anderson Galleries, including many
of O'Keeffe, some of which
depicted her in the nude. It created

Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley,
John Marin, Paul Strand, and
Edward Steichen. Strand's
photography, as well as that of
Stieglitz and his many
photographer friends, inspired
O'Keeffe's work. Also around this
time, O'Keeffe became sick during
the 1918 flu pandemic, like so
many others.Soon after 1918, she
began working primarily in oil, a
shift away from having worked
primarily in watercolor in the
earlier 1910s. By the mid-1920s,
O'Keeffe began making large-scale
paintings of natural forms at close
range, as if seen through a
magnifying lens. In 1924, she
painted her first large-scale flower
painting Petunia, No. 2, which was
first exhibited in 1925. She also
completed a significant body of
paintings of New York buildings,
such as City Night and New York—
Night (1926) and Radiator Bldg—
Night, New York (1927).
O'Keeffe turned to working more
representationally in the 1920s in
an effort to move her critics away
from Freudian interpretations. Her
earlier work had been mostly
abstract, but works such as Black
Iris III (1926) evoke a veiled
representation of female genitalia
while also accurately depicting the
center of an iris. O'Keeffe
consistently denied the validity of
Freudian interpretations of her art,
but fifty years after it had first been
interpreted in that way, many
prominent feminist artists assessed
her work similarly; Judy Chicago,
for example, gave O'Keeffe a
prominent place in her The Dinner
Party. Although 1970s feminists
celebrated O'Keeffe as the
originator of "female iconography",
O'Keeffe rejected their celebration
of her work and refused to
cooperate with any of their
projects.
In 1922, the New York Sun
published an article quoting
O'Keeffe: "It is only by selection, by
elimination, and by emphasis that
we get at the real meaning of
things. Inspired by Precisionism,
The Green Apple, completed in
1922, depicts her notion of simple,
meaningful life.
Beginning in 1923, Stieglitz
organized annual exhibitions of
O'Keeffe's work. By the mid-1920s,
O'Keeffe had become known as one
of the most important American
artists.

Her work commanded high prices;
in 1928, Stieglitz masterminded a
sale of six of her calla lily paintings
for US$25,000, which would have
been the largest sum ever paid for
a group of paintings by a living
American artist. Although the sale
fell through, Stieglitz's promotion
of it drew extensive media
attention.
Later years and death
In 1972, O'Keeffe's eyesight was
compromised by macular
degeneration, leading to the
loss of central vision and leaving
her with only peripheral vision.
She stopped oil painting without
assistance in 1972, but continued
working in pencil and charcoal
until 1984.Juan Hamilton, a
young potter, appeared at her
ranch house in 1973 looking for
work.
She hired him for a few odd jobs
and soon employed him full-time.
He became her closest confidant,
companion, and business manager
until her death. Hamilton taught
O'Keeffe to work with clay and,
working with assistance, she
produced clay pots and a series of
works in watercolor. In 1976, she
wrote a book about her art and
allowed a film to be made about
her in 1977.
O'Keeffe became increasingly frail
in her late 90s. She moved to Santa
Fe in 1984, where she died on
March 6, 1986 at the age of 98.In
accordance with her wishes, her
body was cremated and her ashes
were scattered to the wind at the
top of Pedernal Mountain, over her
beloved "faraway".
Awards
In 1962, O'Keeffe was elected to
the fifty-member American
Academy of Arts and Letters. In
1966, she was elected a Fellow of
the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences.In 1977, President Gerald
R. Ford presented O'Keeffe with the
Presidential Medal of Freedom, the
highest honor awarded to
American civilians.In 1985, she was
awarded the National Medal of
Arts.

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Abolhassan Sadighi
1894 – December 11, 1995
was one of the most prominent
Iranian sculptors and painters and
was known as Master Sadighi.
Biography
He was born in Tehran in 1894.He
entered the Alliance school after
finishing his primary education.
There, he began painting and
drawing without any teaching or
guidance.
His love for painting and drawing
led him to become the student of
Master Kamal-al-Molk Ghaffari.
He soon became one of the most
remarkable art students of the
master. At the end of his
educational time in the School of
Fine Arts
Master Kamal-al-Molk appointed
him as an instructor of painting
and drawing at the school.
Shortly after his employment he
began to find himself attracted to
sculpture. Without adequate
means, he ventured to create his
first stucco bust of a child and
offered it to his master, Kamal-al-
Molk. Abolhassan Khan Sadighi's
innovative first sculpture was the
beginning of a new movement in
the art of sculpture in modern Iran.
After numerous experiences in
creating plaster sculptures, he
made his first stone sculpture on a
stucco model of the Venus de Milo.
The sculpture received so much
attention and praise that Kamal-al-
Molk took his apprentice and the
Venus sculpture to the Imperial
Court, and introduced him to
Ahmad Shah of the Qajar dynasty.
Then, after that meeting, Sadighi
was offered a monthly salary from
the order of Ahmad Shah and then
became the director of the School
of Delicate Crafts. Upon receiving
this honor, he totally devoted
himself to sculpture and made
sculptures from both plaster and
stone. These sculptures include the
bust of Ferdowsi on the Eagle's
Wings, the full statue of Amir Kabir,
and the most memorable of all, Haji
Moqbel the Black Flute Player.
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In 1928 Kamal-al-Molk was exiled
to Hosseinabad of Nishapur, which
was deeply distressing to Sadighi;
consequently, with a tiny amount of
money that he had saved
throughout the years, he left Iran
for Europe. In Europe he visited
many countries, and for four years
he studied sculpture at the École
des Beaux-Arts in France. His
teacher was Ange Albert, the
skillful master of sculpture at the
École.
In Beaux-Arts he managed to prove
himself more talented in
competition with other art students
at the École. During his stay in
Europe, he created, in addition to
sculptures, some works in oil and
watercolour which showed the
influence he received from the new
European art movements of the
time.
In 1932, after returning to Iran, he
accepted a request from his the
exiled Kamal-al-Molk to re-open
the School of Delicate Crafts and be
its director. Once again, the school
became a center of visual art,
which played a major role in the
development of sculpture in
modern Iran.

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Asghar Bichareh
photographic work for his film, 'The
June 11, 1927 – June 11, 2016 Lor Girl'.
was an Iranian photographer and Sepanta's 'The Lor Girl' was the first
actor. Bichareh was a photographer talkie movie as well as one of the
for the Iranian film and music first production in a Muslim country
industries, as well as having a with a woman cast. He began
studio and acting in over 23 films. production of 'The Lor Girl' at the
Bichareh was known for his Imperial Film Co. in Bombay. The
extensive collection of old cameras movie was screened in October
and cinema and theater photos. 1933 in Tehran and was surprisingly
Veteran Iranian cinema
a major hit.
photographer Asghar Bichareh He died of laryngeal cancer in 2016
passed away on June 12 at the age in Los Angeles, where he spent the
of 89.
last few years of his life.
Since he lived the last years of his
life in the US, Iranian officials asked
his family to transfer his body to be
buried alongside other artists in
Iran.
The actor, director and
photographer, Bichareh, was born
in 1927 in Tehran. He was
responsible for compiling a large
archive of photographic works
which includes the first
photographs taken by the Qajar
king Nasser ad-Din Shah. He also
wrote a three-volume book on
Iran's cinematic history.
He achieved world fame when film
director Abdolhossein Sepanta
invited him to Germany to develop

kish
island
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Kish
is a 91.5-square-kilometre
(35.3 sq mi) resort island in the
Persian Gulf. It is part of the
Hormozgān Province of Iran.
Due to its free trade zone status
it is touted as a consumer's
paradise, with numerous malls,
shopping centres, tourist
attractions, and resort hotels.
It has an estimated population of
26,000 residents and about 1
million people visit the island
annually.
Kish Island was ranked among the
world’s 10 most beautiful
islands by The New York Times in
2010, and is the fourth most
visited vacation destination in
Southwest Asia after Dubai,
United Arab Emirates,
and Sharm el-Sheikh.Foreign
nationals wishing to enter Kish
Free Zone from legal ports are not
required to obtain visas prior to
travel. Valid travel permits are
stamped for 14 days by airport
and Kish port police officials.
History
Kish Island has been mentioned
in history variously as Kamtina,
Arakia. Arakata, and Ghiss.
Kish Island's strategic position
served as a way-station and link for
the ancient Assyrian and Elamite
civilizations when their primitive
sailboats navigated from Susa
through the Karun River into the
Persian Gulf and along the
southern coastline passing Kish,
Qeshm and Hormoz islands. When
these civilizations vanished, Kish
Island's advantageous position was
lost and for a period it was
subjected to turmoil and the
tyranny of local potentates and
other vendors. With the
establishment of the Achaemenid
dynasty, the Persian Gulf was
profoundly affected. Kish was, in
particular, economically and
politically linked with the
civilization of the Medes, Persians
when they were at the height of
their power.
In the shadow of the empire, the
islands in the Gulf became
prosperous, navigation in the
Persian Gulf was expanded and
better vessels were used to carry
passengers and goods. Navigational
signs, including lighthouses, were
set up to facilitate navigation in the
Persian Gulf.

In 325 BC, Alexander the Great 17 countries worldwide. As part of
commissioned Nearchus to set off the Flower of the East project Kish
on an expeditionary voyage to the will have an 18-hole championship
Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf. golf course based on PGA standards
Nearchus's writings on Arakata and a 9-hole course for beginners.
contain the first-known mention of
Kish Island in antiquity.When Marco
Polo visited the Imperial court in
China, he commented on the
Emperor's wife's pearls, he was told
that they were from Kish.
In the 1970s the last Shah of Iran
turned the island into a luxury
resort for the international elite,
complete with a Grand Casino (now
known as the Shayan International
Hotel). Kish Airport was designed to
handle the Concorde. After the
Islamic Revolution, Kish Island
became a duty-free shopping
center.
Sports
Kish acts as the location for
numerous international sporting
events. Kish Island is part of the
Professional Squash Association's
annual tour, holding the Fajr
International Squash
Championship.
Kish Island also holds Iran's
Traditional and Heroic Games
Contests annually attracting over

Kish is home to a multi-purpose
Olympic stadium seating 1,200
spectators, it caters for 11 sports
including volleyball, basketball,
handball, futsal, gymnastics,
wrestling, taekwondo, judo, karate
and chess. All of these are
supervised by professional and
international coaches.
It attracts top national football
teams and clubs who often use
Kish as summer training camp
with high quality facilities, good
weather and a tranquille
environment making it a good
location. The Kish Karting Track is
one of the largest in Southwest
Asia, and one of the
first of its kind in Iran. A great array
of water sports are also on offer in
Kish such as snorkeling and scuba
diving courses, jet skiing, diving
cruises, water skiing, sea skiffs,
cruises to other islands around
Kish, parasailing, jet boat rides,
cruise fishing boats, pedal boating,
banana boat rides, and
windsurfing.
Maryam Bowling Complex includes
16 bowling lanes, a health club with
a fitness suite, and a jacuzzi. Kish
Equestrian Club hosts national
races and is capable of holding
international competitions.
Kish has 3 international standard
volleyball courts, Kish held the
2006 Asian Beach Volleyball
Championship.
Kish Island has 1 professional
football team, Kish Air FC plays in
the Hormozgan Provincial League.
In 2015, the FlyboardKish Club
under Yeganeh Setareh
Kish,introduced the Zapata Racing
Products, to the list of water sports
in the Kish Island, for Personal
Water Craft (PWC) which supplies
propulsion to drive the Flyboard
through air and water to perform a
sport known as flyboarding.
In 2016 Kish was the host to an
officially sanctioned FIVB beach
volleyball event. Hosting the FIVB
Kish Island Open from February 15
to 17.

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