Hossein Valamanesh

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Hossein Valamanesh
Born 2 March 1949
Education Tehran School of Art and South Australian School of Art
Known for Sculpture, Painting
Awards Visual Arts Board Grant, Australia Council, Grand Prize at the Dacca Biennale, Bangladesh

Hossein Valamanesh (born Tehran, Iran, 1949) is an Australian contemporary artist.[1] Valamanesh emigrated to Australia in 1973, and lives and works in Adelaide, South Australia.

Works

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The water feature 14 Pieces by Angela and Hossein Valamanesh, in front of the South Australian Museum, is based on the forms of ichthyosaur vertebrae.[2]
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Descriptive plaque of The Australian Monument to The Great Irish Famine

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.[3] 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.[3]

Career

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Barracks side of the Australian Monument to The Great Irish Famine at Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
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Detail of the Irish Famine memorial (1)
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Detail of the Irish Famine memorial (2)

Valamanesh attended the Tehran School of Art, graduating in 1970, and later the South Australia School of Art, graduating in 1977. [4] 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:[5]

See also

List of memorials to the Great Famine

References

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  2. ↑ Jude Elton, HistorySA: Adelaidia > Things > 14 Pieces Accessed 19 March 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Interview with Hossein Valamanesh
  5. ↑ Artist Bio

External links

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