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A Comment by my American- Italian artist Abigail Doan Ahmad Nadalian's carved cylinder seals awaken one to the rich lineage of Persian art making. We are reanimated with the images created by the hand-carved cylinder seals as they are rolled out in the sands, along the oceans and coastlines that we all share. One wants to follow the path of these ancient animations and fish symbols to see where they might lead us. Collaboration with indigenous local materials such as these is empowering in ways that redefine "super (creative) power" and our notions of a global paradise. More
Dream of Peace in Persian Gulf
New Print on Sand in the Coast of Persian Gulf
New Carved Rocks in Hormoz Island (Persian Gulf) March 2007
Reaction to ignoring historic site
Environmental Art Festival on the Persian Gulf
Installation of cylinder and Sand Print
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Persian Gulf Environmental Art Festival Second section
Persian Gulf Environmental Art Festival Second section Environmental Art Festival on the Persian Gulf
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Environmental Installation and Music with Garbage
More: Painting on fabric by colored Earth
Designs on Portraiture by Red Earth
Designs on Portraiture by Red Earth
Environmental Installations and Performance
Dream of Peace in Persian Gulf
Dream of Peace in Persian Gulf
Dream of Peace in Persian Gulf
A Comment by my American- Italian artist Abigail Doan Ahmad Nadalian's carved cylinder seals awaken one to the rich lineage of Persian art making. We are reanimated with the images created by the hand-carved cylinder seals as they are rolled out in the sands, along the oceans and coastlines that we all share. One wants to follow the path of these ancient animations and fish symbols to see where they might lead us. Collaboration with indigenous local materials such as these is empowering in ways that redefine "super (creative) power" and our notions of a global paradise. More
Dream of Peace in Persian Gulf
New Print on Sand in the Coast of Persian Gulf
New Carved Rocks in Hormoz Island (Persian Gulf) March 2007
Reaction to ignoring historic site
Environmental Art Festival on the Persian Gulf
Installation of cylinder and Sand Print
Click and download large Images
Persian Gulf Environmental Art Festival Second section
Persian Gulf Environmental Art Festival Second section Environmental Art Festival on the Persian Gulf
Click and download large Images
Environmental Installation and Music with Garbage
More: Painting on fabric by colored Earth
Designs on Portraiture by Red Earth
Designs on Portraiture by Red Earth
A Comment by my American- Italian artist Abigail Doan Ahmad Nadalian's carved cylinder seals awaken one to the rich lineage of Persian art making. We are reanimated with the images created by the hand-carved cylinder seals as they are rolled out in the sands, along the oceans and coastlines that we all share. One wants to follow the path of these ancient animations and fish symbols to see where they might lead us. Collaboration with indigenous local materials such as these is empowering in ways that redefine "super (creative) power" and our notions of a global paradise. More
Dream of Peace in Persian Gulf
New Print on Sand in the Coast of Persian Gulf
New Carved Rocks in Hormoz Island (Persian Gulf) March 2007
Reaction to ignoring historic site
Environmental Art Festival on the Persian Gulf
Installation of cylinder and Sand Print
Click and download large Images
Persian Gulf Environmental Art Festival Second section
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January across the
central desert of Iran Print on Sand in the Maranjab Desert In March 2008, I traveled to the central desert of Iran. British sculptor, Benjamin Hewett who was in Iran accompanied me and my family and we traveled to the Maranjab desert on the southern side of the Sea of Salt.
First we traveled to the historic city of Kashan, and from there we targeted the Sea of Salt. On our way we explored the desert and saw the beauty of the new spring flowers coloring this normally arid landscape and the creatures of the desert.
I know that this area is mostly sand and desert. I designed and produced three cylinder seals. Ben and my son Behzad assisted me to print these new seals in the sand and then took photos of me, while I worked.
My son Behzad
I usually suggest a location and start to print. Sometime a single line which shows a sequence of creatures and sometimes I make a pattern. The best photos can be taken in the early morning or the late afternoon when the sun is at its lowest.
We visited and old fortified building which served the travelers of the caravan (Carawansara) in the southern part of the Sea of Salt. It was amazing to see such a paradise in the middle of desert and imagine in the old time when people trod the Silk Road and after fifty kilometers walk each day used it as a place of rest.
On our way one of my vehicles had a puncture. I didn’t want to risk driving on the spare wheel, so I decided to drive fifty kilometer back and repair my tire then continue my journey. In this remote region it is dangerous to go into it without a 4X4.
Our final destination was the Sea of Salt. We drove to south east part of the sea which has no water but is wet. More
It looked like a magical land and we felt that we were on anther planet. A layer of salt covered everywhere. The texture and colors were so different I used a stick and designed many fish on the sea bed. When I scratched through the salt layers and revealed the clay beneath. I felt this sea needed some fish. More
When we returned to Kashan we also visited some historic houses. They are amazing in architectural terms of design, space and geometrical patterns.
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