TEHRAN-The works of the veteran Iranian painter Bahram Dabiri will go on display at Sohrab Art Gallery in Tehran on January 19.

A collection of Dabiri’s paintings, designs and prints will be showcased at the exhibit titled “Praiser of Life, Love and Beauty,” ILNA reported. 

In his works, Dabiri, 73, emphasizes on the simplification of forms and the use of expressive lines, crating figures, especially women, animals, and symbols taken from mythological stories.

Dabiri was attracted to Iranian mythology when he was a child. Listening to the stories of Shahnameh that his mother read to him on various occasions is one of his sweet memories of that time. He is a graduate of painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran. During nearly 55 years of artistic activity, Dabiri has held more than 70 solo and group exhibitions in Iran, Ukraine, Spain, Germany, and the U.S.

Dabiri’s work has been displayed, among others, at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, the French Embassy in Tehran, the 2000 Art Expo New York, 2000 Contemporary Iranian Modern Art exhibition, New York, Reagan Center, Washington, Fabien Fryns Gallery, Marbella, Spain, Hotel Mirage, UAE and the Bernak Gallery in Bremen, Germany.

“Praiser of Life, Love and Beauty” exhibition will run through February 4 at Sohrab Gallery located at No. 142, Somayeh St., between Mofatteh St. and Ramsar St. 

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