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Sep. 25, 2024
λ HOSSEIN VALAMANESH (IRANIAN/AUSTRALIAN 1949-2022), CHAI, AS CLOSE AS I COULD GET, 1998
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
λ HOSSEIN VALAMANESH (IRANIAN/AUSTRALIAN 1949-2022)CHAI, AS CLOSE AS I COULD GET, 1998 MDF, enamel paint, fluorescent light, Perspex, water, glass, teaHeight 83cm (32½in.)Edition of 5, plus A/P.Saleroom notice: Please note the first line has been altered from the printed catalogueHossein Valamanesh (1949-2022) was an Iranian-Australian artist particularly known for his work in sculpture and installation. Born in Tehran, Valamanesh emigrated to Perth after completing his artistic studies. He spent time in Aboriginal communities before settling in Adelaide, where he would rise to prominence. Valamanesh never lost sight of his native Persian culture, investing his works with commentary on identity and nationhood. The artist's œuvre is remarkable for its assured minimalism and use of natural materials, as well as poetry and calligraphic text. A learned, literary mind, Valamanesh never shrinks from grand ontological questions, employing circular motifs to reflect his belief in the unity of Man and nature. The artist suffered a heart attack in 1995, which prompted him to engage with themes of mortality and transience. Valamanesh is survived by his wife, Angela, with whom he undertook numerous public commissions. His works have been exhibited internationally, including at Grey Noise, Dubai, Galerie Tanit, Munich, and the Institut des Cultures d'Islam, Paris. Valamanesh's work can be found in all Australian state collections, as well as the Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, and the Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere. He is the recipient of numerous awards, such as the Grand Prize at the 8th Asian Biennial (1997) and the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (2014); in 2010, he was declared a Member of the Order of Australia.It is no coincidence that Chai, as close as I could get figures prominently on the cover of the artist's 2011 monograph, Hossein Valamanesh: Out of Nothingness. The installation calls forth familiar descriptors: spiritual, ethereal, poetic, understated. Visually inspired by a glass floating in a bubbly sink, Chai embodies the humility one has come to expect of Valamanesh's work. (1) In accessible formal language, this installation invites the viewer to resolve its title. Whereto is Valamanesh getting close How does Chai answer this question The artist's practice owes itself to many quarters: Arte Povera, Persian poetry, Sufi philosophy, Aboriginal Australia. The diversity of Valamanesh's references reflects his own composite identity, while his use of tea conjures up associations with trade and travel. Chai may be read as an eloquent and at least partly autobiographical commentary on migration. The tea hovers above the water, bathing in its light. The brightness and purity of this arrangement elevate the everyday to an almost religious experience, recalling the Islamic practice of wuḍūʾ and baptismal fonts. Chai is a monument to the transubstantial process of uprooting and resettling, inspiring a sense of what critics have termed 'cosmopolitan belonging,' fraught and challenging though it may prove. (2) Here, tea and water have achieved comfortable, amicable proximity, though they will never make contact. Perhaps - as the unmixed liquids imply - total assimilation is unlikely. The tranquil equilibrium of Chai suggests that this is no cause for regret. Rather, as Valamanesh's life and work demonstrates, cultural integration is possible, desirable even, when one settles in a new land without ever losing sight of the first.Here, the floating glass is held in delicate suspension, its contents recommending that we pause, sip, and breathe for a moment. As the great astrologer-poet Omar Khayyám once intoned, 'Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say: / Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday' (3) This life is fleeting, yes, but so too is the fear of its end; Valamanesh invites us to embrace existence in all its beautiful fragility. Chai is not so much a memento mori, then, as a whispered carpe diem. To borrow the title of Valamanesh's first European retrospective, itself an allusion to Sufi poetry, Puisque tout passe: this too shall pass.1. Mary Knights and Ian North, Hossein Valamanesh: Out of Nothingness (Kent Town, S. Aust.: Wakefield Press, 2011), 88.2. Marsha Meskimmon, Contemporary Art and the Cosmopolitan Imagination (United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2010), 86.3. Omar Khayyám, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, trans. Edward FitzGerald (United Kingdom: University Press of Virginia, 1997), 97.
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Aug. 27, 2024
Hossein Valamanesh, (1949-2022), Don't Say Anything 1, 2005, bronze, 41 x 33 cm
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Hossein Valamanesh (1949-2022) Don't Say Anything 1, 2005 bronze titled verso 'Don't Say Anything 1'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Feb. 13, 2024
HOSSEIN VALAMANESH, HASTI MASTI (LARGE) 2, 2014
Est: $12,000 - $16,000
HOSSEIN VALAMANESH (Iranian/Australian, 1949 - 2022) HASTI MASTI (LARGE) 2, 2014 ink on paper 132.5 x 132.5 cm (sheet) 144.5 x 144.5 cm (frame) PROVENANCE GAG Projects, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2016 EXHIBITED GAG at Spring1883, Spring1883 Art Fair, Melbourne, 16 – 21 August 2016 RELATED WORK Hasti Masti, 2014, ink on paper, 132.5 x 132.5 cm, in the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth © Hossein Valamanesh/Copyright Agency 2024 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
May. 11, 2022
Hossein Valamanesh (1949-2022) Swiss Landscape 1.5, 2001
Est: $400 - $600
Hossein Valamanesh (1949-2022) Swiss Landscape 1.5, 2001 dated, signed, numbered and annotate verso: '31 OCT 2001 H. Valamanesh 2002 1/3 5 of 12' pencil on newspaper 12.0 x 12.0cm (4 3/4 x 4 3/4in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
May. 11, 2022
Hossein Valamanesh (born 1949) Untitled, 1999
Est: $400 - $600
Hossein Valamanesh (born 1949) Untitled, 1999 mixed media (sand, PVA, drawing book) 28.0 x 21.0 x 11.0cm (11 x 8 1/4 x 4 5/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
May. 11, 2022
Angela and Hossein Valamanesh (born 1953; 1949-2022) Forest of Words 2, 2003
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
Angela and Hossein Valamanesh (born 1953; 1949-2022) Forest of Words 2, 2003 bronze 30.0 x 242.0cm (11 13/16 x 95 1/4in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jul. 06, 2021
HOSSEIN VALAMANESH , PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION 1 AND 2, IN MEMORY OF SNOW, 2000
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
HOSSEIN VALAMANESH born 1949, Iranian/Australian PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION 1 AND 2, IN MEMORY OF SNOW, 2000 direct colour positive photographs 50.0 x 74.0 cm (each, image) 65.5 x 90.5 cm (each, frame) edition: 1/6 (both) PROVENANCE Sherman Galleries, Sydney Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney Long term loan, University of Technology, Sydney, November 2004 – July 2021 LITERATURE Murray – Cree, L., Twenty Sherman Galleries 1986 – 2006, Craftsman House, Melbourne, 2006, p. 96 (illus. another example) Knights, M., and North, I., Hossein Valamanesh: Out of Nothingness, Wakefield Press, South Australia, 2011, pp. 116 and 117 (illus. other examples) This work is located at our Melbourne Gallery © Hossein Valamanesh/Copyright Agency 2021
Deutscher and Hackett
Jul. 06, 2021
HOSSEIN VALAMANESH , NESTING, 2005
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
HOSSEIN VALAMANESH born 1949, Iranian/Australian NESTING, 2005 digital print on watercolour paper 109.0 x 131.0 cm (sheet) 113.0 x 135.0 cm (frame) edition: 2/5 signed, dated, inscribed with title and number verso: “Nesting” 2005 2/5 Hossein Valamanesh PROVENANCE Sherman Galleries, Sydney (stamped verso) Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in February 2006 Long term loan, University of Technology, Sydney, April 2006 – July 2021 EXHIBITED Hossein Valamanesh, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, 23 February – 11 March 2006 (illus. cover exhibition catalogue) Hossein Valamanesh, Gag Projects, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, June 2005 (another example) Australian Photographic Portrait Prize 2006, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 March – 28 May 2006 (another example) 2006 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 24 August –22 October 2006 (another example) Light Sensitive Material: Works from the Verghis collection, Lismore Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 3 February – 18 March 2012 and touring (another example) LITERATURE Knights, M., and North, I., Hossein Valamanesh: Out of Nothingness, Wakefield Press, South Australia, 2011, p. 4 – 5 (illus. another example) This work is located at our Melbourne Gallery © Hossein Valamanesh/Copyright Agency 2021
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 04, 2020
Hossein Valamanesh (b. 1949)
Est: $250 - $450
Untitled,1982 lithograph and mixed media, wood on paper, edition: 30/40, numbered, signed and dated l.r.c. '30/40, Hossein Valamanesh 82'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Jul. 07, 2020
Hossein Valamanesh (born 1949) Autumn Leaves, 2001 7.5 x 7.5cm (2 15/16 x 2 15/16in) (image size), 56.0 x 56.0cm (22 1/16 x 22 1/16in) (paper size)
Est: $400 - $600
Hossein Valamanesh (born 1949) Autumn Leaves, 2001 titled, signed and dated verso: 'Autumn Leaves? H. Valamanesh 2001' autumn leaves, wax varnish on paper 7.5 x 7.5cm (2 15/16 x 2 15/16in) (image size), 56.0 x 56.0cm (22 1/16 x 22 1/16in) (paper size) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Sep. 26, 2019
Hossein Valamanesh (1949 - ) - Nesting, 2005 110 x 131cm
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Hossein Valamanesh (1949 - ) Nesting, 2005 Digital print on watercolour paper 110 x 131cm .
Lawsons
Sep. 26, 2019
Hossein Valamanesh (1949 - ) - Longing Belonging, 2003 99 x 99cm
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Hossein Valamanesh (1949 - ) Longing Belonging, 2003 digital print, ed. AP 99 x 99cm signed, titled and dated verso
Lawsons
Aug. 28, 2019
HOSSEIN VALAMANESH, born 1949, Iranian/Australian, UNTITLED, c.1980, wood, mud, ceramic, string and brick
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
HOSSEIN VALAMANESH, born 1949, Iranian/Australian, UNTITLED, c.1980, wood, mud, ceramic, string and brick DIMENSIONS: 134.0 x 40.0 x 40.0 cm PROVENANCE: Greenaway Gallery, Adelaide Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 2006
Deutscher and Hackett
Jun. 13, 2018
HOSSEIN VALAMANESH , born 1949, Iranian/Australian, CRAZY PATTERN, 2003 , ginko leaves and wax varnish on paper
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
HOSSEIN VALAMANESH , born 1949, Iranian/Australian, CRAZY PATTERN, 2003 , ginko leaves and wax varnish on paper SIGNED: signed and dated verso: Hossein Valamanesh 2003 DIMENSIONS: 64.5 x 64.5 cm PROVENANCE: Bett Gallery, Hobart Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in September 2003 EXHIBITED: Probably: Colour Studies and Swiss Landscapes, Angela and Hossein Valamanesh, Bett Gallery, Hobart, 5 September 1 October 2003 ESSAY: Hossein Valamanesh lives and works in Adelaide SELECTED COLLECTIONS Alice Springs Art Centre, Northern Territory Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan Artbank, Sydney Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Deakin University, Melbourne Edith Cowan University, Perth Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand National Gallery of Australia, Canberra National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Parliament House, Canberra Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland University of Melbourne, Melbourne University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane University of South Australia, Adelaide University of Western Australia, Perth Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, New South Wales REPRESENTED BY Karen Woodbury Fine Art, Melbourne GAGPROJECTS / Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide Rose Issa Projects, London, England Grey Noise, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Deutscher and Hackett
Apr. 08, 2018
VALAMANESH, Hossein (b.1949)
Est: $50 - $150
The Spectator, 1996
Davidson Auctions
Oct. 20, 2016
HOSSEIN VALAMANESH | Learning to Read
Est: £45,000 - £55,000
watercolour on paper, in two parts
Sotheby's