Lot 84: Self Portrait

KOOROSH SHISHEGARAN (IRANIAN, B. 1945)
Self Portrait
signed and dated 'Koorosh 97' and 'Shishegaran 76' in Farsi (lower left)
acrylic on canvas
67 x 47½in. (170 x 120cm.)
Executed in 1997

Tehran, Museum of Contemporary Art, 1997.
Rome, Museum of Traditional Art, 2000.
Washington D. C., Meridian International Center, 2001.

"I always thought to myself why we should not paint a portrait in an abstract form. An abstract portrait gives the artist liberty to look beyond the appearance into subject in a symbolic way. There are many unspoken secrets within a portrait that once revealed, present a very different world. It is a world much more interesting than the world of appearance. Every artist has his unique way of depicting his subjects if he tries to detach himself from the appearance." (Koorosh Shishegaran)