SAZMANAB

Sazmanab
Established 2008
Location Tehran, Iran
Director Sohrab Kashani
Website www.sazmanab.org

Sazmanab (Persian: سازماناب‎‎) is an independent not-for-profit art organization and residency program in Tehran.[1][2][3]

History

"Of Labour, Of Dirt", Babak Golkar, Oct 2014

Sazmanab was established in 2008 by artist and curator Sohrab Kashani and was originally based in Sadeghiyeh district in the Western part of Tehran. At the time, Sazmanab was located in a small apartment (Kashani's home-studio), directly across the street from Tehran’s Department of Water for the Sadeghiyeh district.[4][5]

In 2009, Sazmanab expanded into a fully functioning project space where a variety of events and activities were held in collaboration with local artists and curators. In 2010, Sazmanab renovated the work-space. Shortly after the refurbishment, Sazmanab began its residency program. While some resident artists were housed in the apartment where Sazmanab was located, other resident artists were provided with living and working space in other areas of Tehran. Since its official founding in 2008 and throughout 2011 and 2012 Sazmanab continued to focus on relationships with other institutions, museums, galleries, and curators outside Iran.[6]

In early 2014, Sazmanab began the relocation process to an old building on Khaghani Street near Darvaze Dolat in downtown Tehran. Sazmanab had its reopening[7][8] and the launch of its new Ab/Anbar gallery (co-founded and directed by Kashani) in October 2014 with an exhibition by Iranian-born artist Babak Golkar. In early 2015, Kashani left Ab/Anbar gallery but continued Sazmanab’s programming and activities in the Darvaze Dolat building.[9][10] In late 2015, Kashani and Sazmanab moved out of the Darvaze Dolat building completely.[11] Ab/Anbar gallery, no longer managed by Kashani and Sazmanab, continues to operate as a commercial art gallery in Sazmanab’s former building. As of 2016, Sazmanab creates projects and publications, and hosts exhibitions and events off-site in collaboration with other spaces and venues.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ Daria Kirsanova (9 January 2013). "Paradox of Tehran". Art Fridge. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Doreen Mende (12 January 2014). "A Postcard from Tehran". Manifesta Journal. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Travel + Leisure Staff (January 2016). "Best Places to Travel in 2016". Travel + Leisure (Time Inc.). Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Hamed Aleaziz (7 July 2010). "Cooking Up a Dialogue". PBS. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  5. ↑ Sandra Skurvida (29 January 2013). "WHO, BY WHOM, AND FOR WHOM: PRESENTATION OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN IRAN AND REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ART OF IRAN ELSEWHERE". Interventions Journal. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Isa Freeling (23 March 2015). "Wormhole in a Cargo Container". Huffington Post. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Michelle Moghtadar (10 November 2014). "Iranians scream into pots at new contemporary art center". Reuters. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Sarah Cascone (13 November 2014). "Vent Your Frustration: Scream into Pots at Iran Art Gallery". artnet News. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  9. ↑ Laurence Cornet (17 February 2015). "Iran Special Edition : Reza Aramesh at Sazmanab". L’Oeil de la Photographie. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  10. ↑ ""Portals" Public Art Project Seeks to Connect Havana and DC". BLOUIN ARTINFO. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  11. ↑ http://www.sazmanab.org/about/
  12. ↑ Sara Raza (22 January 2016). "The Social Studio". Guggenheim Blogs. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  13. ↑ http://iranian-studies.stanford.edu/media/video/alternative_art_spaces_and_practices_in_iran


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