Abbas Kiarostami: Image Maker
The most comprehensive exhibition of the work of Abbas Kiarostami ever organized in the United States. Abbas Kiarostami: Image Maker, a three-part exhibition of film, photography, and installations, on view from March 1–May 28, 2007 at MoMA, and February 11–April 29, 2007 at P.S.1, July 8-September 23, 2007 at BAMPFA includes a retrospective of 33 short and feature-length films, along with new photography and media works being exhibited for the first time.
Life and So Much More
Comprising nineteen features and shorts, Life and So Much More presented a rare opportunity to see Abbas Kiarostami's masterpieces from the 1990s in the context of earlier and more recent experimental films: The Traveler, The Experience, Taste of Cherry, Where is Friend’s Home?, And Life Goes On…aka Life and Nothing More, Through the Olive Tree, Five, Ten, Close Up, The Wind Will Carry Us, along with Kiarostami’s Shorts: Bread and Alley, Breaktime, Jahan-Nama Palace, Rug, Roads of Kiarostami, Solution No. 1, The Chorus, The Wedding Suit. October 12-27, 2007.
Abbas Kiarostami Master Class
Hunter College film and media students were given the rare opportunity to learn filmmaking under the mentorship of the Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, who held a nine day film production master class, on March 2 - 12, 2007. Kiarostami has developed and led master classes for film students around the world and Hunter College is the first college in the United States to host the filmmaker.
Abbass Kiarostami Screening
Screening of Kiarostami’s Five: Dedicated to Ozu at followed by a discussion between Kiarostami and film historian Scott MacDonald, professor of film at Hamilton College.
March 4, 2007
Too Much Pollution to Demonstrate: Soft Guerillas in Tehran Contemporary Art Scene
“The complexities and contradictions of Iranian society resemble a reversible and endlessly shifting facade: everything is both legal and illegal, easy and complicated, sour and sweet. These changing parameters are clearly revealed when looking at the case of Tehran’s young artists and their struggle for freedom against censorship, for information in place of isolation and for energy instead of inaction. Despite these difficult conditions, the young generation demonstrates a striking creativity and an enthusiastic desire for knowledge and exchange.” Amiel Grumberg (1980-2004)
Artists represented: Roxanna Daryadanesh, Shahab Fotouhi, Neda Razavipour, Barbad Golshiri, Vahid Hakim. Curated by Amiel Grumberg. January 5 - February 9, 2005
Panel Discussion with Dr. Abbas Milani, Negar Azimi and Farhad Moshiri. February 9, 2005
Domestic Odyssey
This exhibition curated by Joanne Northrup, featured work by national and international artists who use metaphors of domesticity—and actual household items such as furniture and appliances—to explore issues of gender, class, and culture. Featured artists: Marlene Alt, Margarita Cabrera, Helen Cohen, Willie Cole, Carlee Fernandez, Tiffany Forner, Megan Foster, Shadi Ghadirian, Brian Goggin, Mona Hatoum, Tulsa Kinney, Stephen Litchfield, An Te Liu, Liza Lou, Tony May, David Pace, Allen Topolski, and Yoram Wolberger,
March 6- July 3, 2004