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                                                                          Oh Nightingale: Parviz Tanavoli

                                                                           Date: July 24–October 5, 2019
                                                                           Opening Reception: Tuesday, July 23 from 7–9 p.m.
                                                                           Curator’s Tour: Thursday, July 25 at 1:30 p.m. and
                                                                            Saturday, September 14 at 2 p.m.
     1398 مهر 19 هعمج  -  1573 هرامش  / 26 لاس                                About the exhibition





                                                                           “My cages are homes of hopes. And I put a lot of things in
                                                                           the cages. It’s the opposite of what some people think: I do
                                                                           not consider what I put in cages imprisoned, but preserved,
                                                                           made safe.”
                                                                           Parviz Tanavoli, 1976

                                                                           The West Vancouver Art Museum is delighted to present
                                                                           this exhibition of work by the eminent Iranian-Canadian

              Love Nightingale, 2013, gouache on paper.                    artist, Parviz Tanavoli. A resident of West Vancouver for
              Courtesy of the artist.                                      over three decades, Tanavoli is among Canada’s most
                                                                           significant contemporary artists. This exhibition will feature
                                                                           work that spans his six-decade-long career, focusing on his
                                                                           wearable art and small sculptures, prints and paintings of
              Quote from the Curator                                       birds, cages and locks. The artist has returned repeatedly
              “We are delighted by the opportunity to
              showcase the astounding art of international-                to these forms, allowing him to explore the themes of
              ly acclaimed Iranian-Canadian artist Parviz                  freedom, nothingness, poetry and history, while playing
              Tanavoli, a resident of West Vancouver for                   with his viewer’s awareness of traditional function and
              over 30 years.”                                              meaning. Just as he subverts the accepted meaning of a
                                                                           cage, he explores dualisms that manifest themselves as
                                    Darrin Morrison, Curator,              both significant and trivial, a poet contrasting the everyday
                               West Vancouver Art Museum                   with the remarkable.

                                                                           Tanavoli was born in 1937. His work has been presented
              About the West Vancouver Art                                 around the world and has been featured recently in
              Museum                                                       exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, British
                                                                           Museum, Asia Society and Grey Art Gallery at New York
              The West Vancouver Art Museum is                             University. His work is held in numerous public and private
              operated by the District of West Vancouver.                  collections, including: Tate Modern and British Museum,
              The art museum fosters awareness and
                                                                           London; Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of
     Vol. 26 / No. 1573 - Friday, Oct. 11, 2019  design through its collection, publications,   Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Museum Moderner Kunst,
              understanding of art, architecture, and
                                                                           Modern Art, New York; Minneapolis Institute of Arts and
              exhibitions and educational programs.
                                                                           Vienna; National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh; Museum
                                                                           of Contemporary Art, Tehran; Mathaf Museum, Qatar;
              Interviews and high-res images are
                                                                           Royal Society of Fine Arts, Amman; and Guggenheim
              available upon request.
                                                                           Museum, Abu Dhabi.


















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