Beautiful secrets
by Zaman Zamani
27-Mar-2008
Zaman Zamani was born in 1922 in Babol, Iran, near the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. At the age of five, Zaman's uncle noticed his eye for design and color. The uncle purchased him a set of colored pencils and Zamani spent many hours drawing and painting in his uncle's pharmacy. The family moved to Tehran when Zamani was 15 years old. There he and his brother attended Dar-ol-Fonoon High School. Zamani later received his bachelor of arts from Tehran University and his masters of fine arts from Istanbul University in Turkey. Best known for his watercolors and oil paintings, Zamani has demonstrated his expertise in various medias and is a well recognized and accomplished artist in photography, tile painting, ceramics, silkscreen, pen and ink illustration, and sculpture. He finds his favorite subjects in nature and is well known for his seascapes and snow scenes. He has created a delicate balance between traditional Persian painting and contemporary fine art. Zamani's contribution to the art world extends beyond that of fine art and into the commercial sector. As Art Director for Franklin Publications in Tehran, Iran, during the 60's and 70's, he illustrated numerous children's books including an extensive collection of textbooks for the elementary schools in Iran. At the invitation of the Ford Foundation in 1960, Zamani was chosen as part of a group of artists who studied children and educational book illustration at Columbia University. Selected Zaman Zamani paintings remain on permanent display at Iran's National Art Museum in Tehran. Zaman's collection of photographs won him the bronze prize from Kodak - National Geographic Society in 1960. Zamani has been living in Southern California since 1975 and his work continues to be shown in individual as well as collective exhibitions in the United States, Iran, and throughout the world
>>>zamanzamani.com
Beautiful paintings
by Bardia Haddadi (not verified) on Mon Mar 31, 2008 06:51 AM CDTVery beautiful and romantic paintings. Bardia Haddadi with family are very proud of you. Me (Bardia) are happy that i´m from family Zamani.
Response to PArissa
by AnonymousuomynonA (not verified) on Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:46 PM CDTThere is a lot of islamic patterns and symbols (allah patterns in # 7) as well as the adam and eve reference in # 4 in his work. He is obviously using religious patterns and symbols purely in aesthetic form and any hidden agenda would not be promoting any religion over the other.
Numerous Stars of David in Nos. 26, 35 & 43!
by Parissa Daneshvar on Sun Mar 30, 2008 03:28 PM CDTThere is an abundance of Stars of David in paintings nos. 26, 35 and 43. (Nothing specifically wrong with that!) It reminds me of the same thing in the back of the 20 toman (200 rial) bills in the years right before the revolution (when the merchants in bazaar boycotted those bills).
Is the artist making a conscious effort in injecting a religious (or even an ideological) view on the viewers through his artwork? Just curious! Some secular people might shy away from getting too attached to such work if such intentions exist.
Some people may simply not like an artist's hidden agenda. They might simply want the artist to be blunt and clearly indicate that he/she has certain views and has no problem in having those views reflected in his/her works.
There is nothing wrong with an artist painting about various sectors in the society including figures in a Jewish household or a Jewish synagogue as well as an Armenian, Assyrian, Bahai, Turkomen, Baluchi, etc. settings (with all their related religious or ethnic symbols). If you are painting about a mixture of covered-up and non-covered-up females in an Iranian Islamic setting, not only so many Stars of David, even one Star of David would be so far-fetched, impractical and uncalled-for. Don't tell me that people are not very conscious about symbols or they don't pay attention to symbols. They are very aware of symbols and so is the artist.
In recent months we have had Iranian artists at this site who have clearly shown in their work that they have certain religious or mystical views (by painting about various figures and various stories from religious books) and that they have no problem in letting the viewers know what those views are.
Refreshing perspective on traditional style
by Mersedeh on Sun Mar 30, 2008 07:22 AM CDTTruly talented; the artist reinvents the classical but what makes him stand out is the piercingly realistic portrays in his paintings...it feels as though the women in some of these paintings are alive and looking back at the viewer. Beautiful!!!!
My favorites are 12, 35 and 44
by Anonymouse on Fri Mar 28, 2008 09:38 AM CDTThese are astonishing. Some of them in handi craft mode which are not as good as the other ones, but still great anyway. Like if I was to choose one out of this entire post I'd select 35 which is one of the handi craft ones.
shohare aahoo khanoom
by sarekar (not verified) on Fri Mar 28, 2008 07:31 AM CDTآقاى جاويد فارسى نوشتن سختِ ترا بخدا ايندفعه دقت كنيد،سال نو همگى هم مبارك...ميگم هميشه دلم ميخواست تصويرى از هما در رومان ِ شوهر آهو خانم رو روى كاغذ ترسيم كنم،خيلى سعى كردم اما هيچ كدوم ارضا ام نكرد،اما نقاشى يه شماره ۱۶ با تمام ساده گى آن تصوير رو برايم زنده كرد،دلبرى و تفاوت ِ هما با زن هاى اطراف اش...خيلى قشنگ ِ ِ
Absolutely Stunning!
by PSTRAT (not verified) on Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:04 PM CDTAmazing works, colorful, expressive... JUST STUNNING!!! Going to go check out the website now!
MAMNOON for sharing!
Refreshing! Positive! Ostaadful!
by Ari Siletz on Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:27 PM CDTSome of these, say #8 #30, could hang next to Gustav Klimt's Wasserschlangen I.
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/klimt/wassers...
beautiful paintings
by IRANdokht on Thu Mar 27, 2008 06:58 PM CDTsince the last comment I had left (wtg JJ! :0) j/k) I went to Mr Zamani's site and looked at all the other paintings and forwarded the site to a few friends who showed interest in purchasing some of the beautiful art work.
some of the ones featured here look so much like me that I might just use them as my avatar ;-)
thank you for sharing such wonderful collection
IRANdokht
JJ
by Majid on Thu Mar 27, 2008 06:02 PM CDTYour avatar fits perfectly for your apologizing in this case....LOL
Like a little boy addmiting a wrong doing......LOL
Don't worry dude, it happens!
Dear Mr.Zamani...
by Mona 19 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 05:50 PM CDT...Thank You for sharing your Wonderful Pictures with us...Many Thanks to you.
Have a " Spledid " Day :)
Respectfully,Mona
Dear Mr.Javid, That's ok...don't worry about it ( You don't need to be sorry) and I do appreciate all your Hard Works.Khasteh Nabashid....Bless you :))))
and Have a " GREAT " day :)
Very artistic
by Majid on Thu Mar 27, 2008 05:46 PM CDTAs I mentioned in previous post, they are all beautiful and I can't pick one as my favorite.
I will go to your site to see more.
Comments? Please re-post!
by Jahanshah Javid on Thu Mar 27, 2008 05:12 PM CDTAs I was updating the site, I mistakenly deleted this feature along with the two dozen or so highly complimentary comments from viewers for Mr. Zamani. Unfortunately I could not retrieve the old file and had to re-do everything, without your comments. Please re-post if you left a comment earlier. I am very sorry for this.
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