TEHRAN -- The Six Weeks of Iranian Art exhibit currently underway at the Headbones Gallery in Toronto wraps up with “Clusters of Light” by Mohsen Vaziri-Moqaddam.

The exhibit, which opened on August 18, is displaying a collection of sand works and artworks created by Vaziri-Moqaddam in Iran between 1960 and 1964.
Vaziri-Moqaddam is also completing one of his sand works during the ten-day exhibit.
Director Puyan Tabatabaii’s documentary on the Iranian artist, “A Painter Who Did Not Like Paintings”, was screened at the opening ceremony.
Paintings and photos by Iranian artists Sadeq Tir-Afkan, Mahmud Meraji, Ali Kaveh, Behzad Adineh, and Puyan Tabatabaii were also displayed at the Six Weeks of Iranian Art exhibit.
Mohsen Vaziri-Moqaddam was born on May 26, 1924 in Tehran. In primary school, Mohsen was fond of geography and music courses. He continued his studies at the University of Tehran’s Faculty of Fine Arts. In 1955, he set off for Italy, where he studied at the Rome Academy of Fine Arts.
He showed a tendency toward sculpture in the late 1960s, which was the most significant part of his life. His unique sculptural works during this period, in which the feeling of touch was transferred to visual lines, were unparalleled in Italy.
In his career, Vaziri-Moqaddam has created the most abstract forms and designs using the media of sand, metal, plastic, and wood.
The Italy-based artist was commended for his works at the Rome Municipality and was presented the European Artist of the Year 2005 award in Rome on December 14, 2005