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Akbar Behkalam (born 16 September 1944)[1] is an Iranian-born German painter and sculptor.

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Akbar Behkalam
Born	(1944-09-16) September 16, 1944 (age 78) Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran
Nationality	German, Iran
Education	Tabriz Art School
Known for	Painter
Website	Official site for Akbar Behkalam

Biography

Akbar Behkalam was born in Tabriz, Iran on 16 September 1944, the capital of the Iranian province East Azerbaijan.[2] From 1961 until 1964, he studied art at Tabriz Art School.^{[citation needed]} After his military service he moved to Istanbul, where he enrolled at the Mimar Sinan University in Fine Arts and became the student of professor Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu.^{[citation needed]}

From 1972 until 1974, he lived in different European cities, including Paris, Frankfurt, Rome and Berlin.[3] In 1974, he went back to Iran, to teach at the Tabriz Art School.^{[citation needed]} In 1976, he left Iran for political reasons, and has since lived in Berlin^{[citation needed]}. As of 1989, he had a studio in Brandenburg.^{[citation needed]}

In 1989, he published the book, Movement and Change Paintings and Sketches: 1977–1988.[4]

He is married to a German women, and together they have two children.[1]

Art

Akbar Behkalam's early works often deal with political subjects, but over time they became increasingly abstract.[5] His early works are influenced by the New European Realism, in a symbiosis with Persian miniature painting.^{[citation needed]} His later works, up to present time can be described as abstract-expressive. A focal point of his works is the depiction of the formation and choreography of mass movements.^{[citation needed]}

One recurring theme in his works is the turbulent history of his home country Iran: the series "Persepolis" (1977–1979) deals with old Persian iconography, that is confronted with the depiction of the execution squads of the Shah-regime. In the eighties he produced the series "Justice in Allah's Name", that has the religiously legitimized human rights violations of the Islamic Republic as its central theme.

From 1984-1986 Behkalam did extensive research on the German revolution of 1848 and produced several large scale paintings on that subject that were presented in his solo exhibition at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin (State Art Gallery Berlin) in 1986.^{[citation needed]}

Behkalam has shown his works in many exhibitions in Europe, Asia and North and South America. In 2009 he has been the winner of the Tashkent Biennial in Uzbekistan.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Baghdad School
• Islamic art
• Iranian art
• Islamic calligraphy
• List of Iranian artists

References

Weblinks

• Website von Akbar Behkalam

На других языках

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[de] Akbar Behkalam

Akbar Behkalam (* 1944 in Täbris, Iran) ist ein deutsch-iranischer Maler und Bildhauer.

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- [en] Akbar Behkalam

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