Hossein Valamanesh

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Hossein Valamanesh
Born(1949-03-02)2 March 1949
Dacca Biennale, Bangladesh
14 Pieces (2005) by Angela and Hossein Valamanesh, in front of the South Australian Museum
Australian Monument to the Great Irish Famine at Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney (1999)
Detail of the Irish Famine memorial
Detail of the Irish Famine memorial

Hossein Valamanesh

installations, and sculpture
. He often collaborated with his wife, Angela Valamanesh.

Early life and education

Hossein Valamanesh was born in

Tehran School of Art in Tehran in 1970.[2][3]

He emigrated to

Persian culture.[3] He worked with the Round Earth Company and Aboriginal children.[2]

He continued his art education at the

South Australian School of Art after moving to Adelaide in 1974,[3] graduating in 1977.[4][2]

Art practice and works

Descriptive plaque of The Australian Monument to The Great Irish Famine

His work, which includes sculpture, painting, installation, and

Djalâl ad-Dîn Rûmî (aka Rumi).[5] He also employedd human forms and shadows.[3]

He completed a number of major public art commissions, many with his wife Angela Valamanesh, also an artist.[6]

His 1997 combined performance, photographic, and sculptural work Longing, belonging, which involved burning a

Art Gallery of NSW[7][3]

In 1998 he completed a large public artwork in Adelaide, Knocking from the inside, on the northern plaza of the Intercontinental Hotel on North Terrace.[2]

Angela and he together created An Gorta Mor, the

Australian Monument to the Great Irish Famine (1999), at Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney. The monument, one of many memorials to the catastrophe around the world, is incorporated into the wall surrounding the Barracks and "ironically, stands on the site of the original kitchens" there. The table, bowl, tools, and utensils are cast in bronze, and the names of 420 women who arrived as famine orphans are etched into the glass part of the memorial walls. Among the estimated 2,500 people attending the unveiling on 28 August 1999 were 800 famine orphan descendants.[6][8]

In October 2005, a piece of public art by Angela and Hossein, incorporating water, 14 Pieces, situated on

ichthyosaur,[2] held by the museum.[3] Hossein and Angela were commissioned by the City of Adelaide to create the sculpture to replace the Lavington Bonython fountain that had occupied the site from 1965.[2]

In 2008 he became involved with "The Rug Project", in which he used one of his works on paper, Crazing, made from stems of

maidenhair fern, as the basis for a rug design.[9]

Valamanesh worked closely over decades with the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide.[5]

Recognition and awards

Valamanesh was awarded a number of fellowships, commissions, grants,

residencies, and other honours, including:[10]

In 2013, Valamanesh featured in the ABC / BBC joint production documentary series The Art Of Australia hosted by Edmund Capon, in the first episode entitled Strangers in a Strange Land.[13]

In November 2022, Valamanesh was posthumously awarded the South Australian Premier's Award for Lifetime Achievement in the

Ruby Awards.[14]

Major exhibitions

Valamanesh's work has featured in many group exhibitions as well as major and minor solo exhibitions.[15][2] His work has been shown in over 30 solo exhibitions around the world, and been on display in Canada, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, India, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Japan, and Iran.[5]

Later life, family and death

On 15 January 2022, Valamanesh died of a

AM[3][18] and at least one child, Nassiem.[3]

Angela Valamanesh was born in 1953 in

South Australian School of Art in 1992, and subsequently earned an MA at the University of South Australia. She won the Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship in 1996, using it to undertake postgraduate studies at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland. She and Hossein undertook several public art projects together.[2]

Nassiem Valmanesh, also an artist, studied

Buxton Contemporary at the University of Melbourne, in 2021.[21]

Public art collections

Valamanesh's work is included in major public art collections in Australia and abroad, including:

References

  1. ^ "Hossein Valamanesh b. 2 March 1949". Design & Art Australia Online. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Elton, Jude (7 January 2014). "14 Pieces". Adelaidia. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Speck, Catherine (21 January 2022). "Australian art has lost two of its greats. Vale Ann Newmarch and Hossein Valamanesh". The Conversation. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b McDonald, Patrick (17 January 2022). "Artist Hossein Valamanesh, 72, dies suddenly". The Advertiser. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Noble, Kelly (18 January 2022). "Hossein Valamanesh remembered as a powerful and poetic international artist". Glam Adelaide. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. ^
    ISSN 1838-5044
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  7. ^ Longing belonging Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Australian Monument to the Great Irish Famine". Sydney Living Museums. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  9. ^ Valamanesh, Hossein (27 August 2008). "Interview with Hossein Valamanesh" (Interview). Interviewed by Kinski, Klaus. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  10. ^ "Hossein Valamanesh b. 2 March 1949: Recognitions". Design & Art Australia Online. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  11. ^
    Artlink Magazine
    . Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Name Mr Hossein Valamanesh". Australian Honours Search Facility. Australian Government.
  13. ^ The Art of Australia. ABC Arts. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  14. ^ "The Ruby Awards". Department of the Premier and Cabinet (South Australia). 28 November 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  15. ^ a b c "Hossein Valamanesh b. 2 March 1949: Events". Design & Art Australia Online. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Hossein Valamanesh: natural selection". Design & Art Australia Online. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  17. ^ Lai, Beau (16 January 2022). "Hossein Valamanesh: Puisque tout passe". Artist Profile. Retrieved 9 February 2022. ...originally published in Artist Profile, Issue 57, 2021.
  18. ^
    InDaily
    . Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  19. ^ "درگذشت نقاش ایرانی در خارج از کشور". ISNA. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  20. ^ "حسین والامنش، نقاش و مجسمه‌ساز ایرانی ساکن استرالیا درگذشت". BBC Persian (in Persian). 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Hossein & Nassiem Valamanesh, What Goes Around 2021". Buxton Contemporary. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  22. ^ "Collection: Longing belonging, (1997) by Hossein Valamanesh". artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  23. ^ "Hossein Valamanesh". MCA Australia. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  24. ^ Valamanesh, Hossein. "Falling". Item held by National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

Further reading

  • "Hossein Valamanesh: Puisque tout passe". Art Gallery of South Australia. (2021) Exhibition catalogue, providing insight into his practice, "detailing significant life experiences that have profoundly influenced his works".
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