Isfahan Contemporary Arts Museum Manifestation of Iranian Enriched Arts
May 25, 1999 - 0:0
TEHRAN The building of Isfahan Contemporary Arts Museum dates back to Safavid era. It is near Chehelsotoon building in the center of Isfahan City. The building was reconstructed during Qajar Dynasty. At that time it was used as residence of the ruler of Isfahan, Masood Mirza (Zelolsoltan). At the time of Pahlavi regime, the building was used by the general governorate of Isfahan Province. In 1994, the building was repaired by Isfahan Municipality and some of its parts were entirely reconstructed.
Since then, it was allocated to the Isfahan Contemporary Arts Museum. The two-storey building of the museum comprise four large halls, a library, a gathering hall and a hall for administrative affairs of the museum. As for the history of the museum, its director Seyed Mohsen Semnani says that at the time of Safavid Dynasty, the building of the museum was called Jobbeh-Khaneh, adding that the ruler of Isfahan who was very interested in hunting, used the building for keeping the horns and corpse of hunted animals.
Semnani said that the building was named The Hall of Horns at that time, adding that after the Zelolsoltan changed his residence, the building was used as the ruling headquarters of the city. He noted that lack of an appropriate museum in Isfahan, led the officials of the province to reconstruct the partly destroyed building in 1994 and finally in 1996, the museum was officially put into operation.
Elaborating on the activities of the museum, Semnani said that the museum has focused its activities on the fields of classic and modern arts and that it has so far held several exhibitions displaying classic and artistic modern works. He underlined that the museum's officials are trying to put the works of renowned old artists on display in this museum too, and that the criteria of the museum for displaying the works are the skill of their artists and their values.
The director of the museum further said that there are close relations between Isfahani artists and the museum officials, emphasizing that the artists are the backbones of museums. In addition to presenting their works, the artists are actively participating in the meetings and artistic-cultural seminars held in the museum, Semnani noted. Touching on the financial status of the museum, Semnani said that the museum possesses a limited budged to buy the works of famous artists, adding that in some cases the municipality officials encourage the artists to submit their works to the museum.
He said that The Golden Deer which is one of the remarkable works of late Master Hossein Joharian was given to the museum as a gift.
Since then, it was allocated to the Isfahan Contemporary Arts Museum. The two-storey building of the museum comprise four large halls, a library, a gathering hall and a hall for administrative affairs of the museum. As for the history of the museum, its director Seyed Mohsen Semnani says that at the time of Safavid Dynasty, the building of the museum was called Jobbeh-Khaneh, adding that the ruler of Isfahan who was very interested in hunting, used the building for keeping the horns and corpse of hunted animals.
Semnani said that the building was named The Hall of Horns at that time, adding that after the Zelolsoltan changed his residence, the building was used as the ruling headquarters of the city. He noted that lack of an appropriate museum in Isfahan, led the officials of the province to reconstruct the partly destroyed building in 1994 and finally in 1996, the museum was officially put into operation.
Elaborating on the activities of the museum, Semnani said that the museum has focused its activities on the fields of classic and modern arts and that it has so far held several exhibitions displaying classic and artistic modern works. He underlined that the museum's officials are trying to put the works of renowned old artists on display in this museum too, and that the criteria of the museum for displaying the works are the skill of their artists and their values.
The director of the museum further said that there are close relations between Isfahani artists and the museum officials, emphasizing that the artists are the backbones of museums. In addition to presenting their works, the artists are actively participating in the meetings and artistic-cultural seminars held in the museum, Semnani noted. Touching on the financial status of the museum, Semnani said that the museum possesses a limited budged to buy the works of famous artists, adding that in some cases the municipality officials encourage the artists to submit their works to the museum.
He said that The Golden Deer which is one of the remarkable works of late Master Hossein Joharian was given to the museum as a gift.