Name Hossein Valamanesh Role Artist | ||
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Artwork The Lover Circles his own Heart, 14 Pieces | ||
Hossein valamanesh
Hossein Valamanesh (born Tehran, Iran, 1949) is an Australian contemporary artist. Valamanesh emigrated to Australia in 1973, and lives and works in Adelaide, South Australia.
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- Hossein valamanesh
- An evening with hossein valamanesh presented by bundaberg regional galleries
- Works
- Career
- Museum holdings
- References
An evening with hossein valamanesh presented by bundaberg regional galleries
Works
He has completed a number of major public art commissions including 14 Pieces on North Terrace, in Adelaide and An Gorta Mor, the Australian Monument to the Great Irish Famine (1999), at Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, both with Angela Valamanesh. The Irish Famine memorial (one of a number 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 400 women who arrived as famine orphans are etched into the glass part of the memorial walls. Among the estimated 2,500 people attending the memorial's unveiling on 28 August 1999, were 800 famine orphan descendants.
Career
Valamanesh attended the Tehran School of Art, graduating in 1970, and later the South Australia School of Art, graduating in 1977. He was awarded an Australia Council Fellowship 1998. A major survey of his work was held at the Art Gallery of South Australia in 2001 and in 2002 a survey of more recent work was held at Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.
Museum holdings
Valamanesh's field is contemporary art. His work is included in most major public Australian art collections, including: