PaykanArtCar explained

PaykanArtCar is a non-profit organization and art project, based in the US. It is focused on human rights issues in Iran.

The car

The non-profit organization, based in Florida, has purchased a car, now also called the PaykanArtCar, and intends to let different Iranian activist artists work on it as an art project, meant to highlight various political issues and repressed communities in Iran. The car is an Iranian Paykan, gifted in 1974 by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran to Nicolae Ceaușescu, dictator of Romania. It was bought at an auction in 2021 for €95 000.[1] [2] [3]

2021

The art car was first exhibited in October 2021 at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Miami, held by the Human Rights Foundation (HRF). The first artist to paint the car was Alireza Shojaian, an exiled Iranian. Shojaian, working with an airbrush for the first time, took inspiration from the story of Rostam, a legendary Persian hero, the art of 20th century Iranian artist Hossein Qollar-Aqasi, and connected them to the 2021 murder of the gay Iranian Ali Fazeli Monfared,[4] [5] as well as the executed Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari. Shojaian said

The organization received the Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent from the HRF, who said that the car was "a daring piece of art that advocates for human rights and dignity in Iran."[6] [7]

The car has been exhibited in Canada and Brussels, Belgium.[8] [9] [10] It was meant to be shown at AsiaNow, an art fair in Paris,[11] but the invitation was revoked.[12] A representative of AsiaNow stated that

2023

The second installment of the PaykanArtCar was first shown in Oslo, Norway, outside the Oslo Concert Hall, in June 2023. This installment was created by Simin Keramati, Iranian-Canadian artist.[13] [14] She covered the car with women's hair, with the intent that the art project shall raise awareness of the struggle of Iranian women, as well as pay tribute to the death of Mahsa Amini and the following Mahsa Amini protests.[15] [16] Keramati said

Women's rights activist Masih Alinejad, present at the unveiling, said

People

PaykanArtCar was founded by Mark Wallace, American ambassador to the United Nations 2006–2009, and Hiva Feizi, the organization's executive director.[17]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Gosh . Bobby . Bobby Ghosh . Iranian Artists-in-Exile Find a Vehicle for Protest . 25 November 2022 . . 4 June 2022 . en.
  2. News: Berk . Brett . To Protest Iran's Anti-Gay Abuses, an Artist Painted a Dictator's Car . 25 November 2022 . . 1 November 2021.
  3. Web site: Stroude . Will . Iran's national car given homoerotic makeover to make a stand against anti-gay persecution . . 27 November 2022 . 16 March 2022.
  4. News: Jarrell . Zachary . The PaykanArtCar is putting LGBTQ+ rights for Iranians on the map . 25 November 2022 . . 3 January 2022.
  5. News: Gordon . Daphne . Alireza Shojaian's art painted on a vintage Iranian Paykan car challenges Middle Eastern ideals of what it means to be a man . 25 November 2022 . . 10 December 2021 . en.
  6. News: Anderson . Becky . Becky Anderson . CNN.com - Transcripts . 26 November 2022 . . 27 May 2022.
  7. Web site: Malak . Tony . Art in Protest at the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum . . 26 November 2022 . 23 June 2022.
  8. News: Taylor . Kate . Artist Alireza Shojaian protests Iran's anti-LGBTQ stance through his transformation of a vintage Iranian car . 25 November 2022 . . 23 November 2021 . en-CA.
  9. News: Bashar . Baharak . "Zan, Zendegi, Azadi": PeykanArtCar, een voertuig voor mensenrechten in Iran . 25 November 2022 . DeWereldMorgen. nl . 10 November 2022.
  10. News: PaykanArtCar exhibit rolls into Montreal to drive home message of dignity for Iranian people . 25 November 2022 . . 11 March 2022 . en.
  11. Web site: Williams . Keegan . PaykanArtCar Uses Art and Advocacy for Human Rights in Iran - . . 27 November 2022 . 6 October 2021.
  12. Web site: Nogara . Louise . La PaykanArtCar censurée au Paris Asian Art Fair 2021 ? . La Règle du Jeu . fr . 27 November 2022 . 19 October 2021.
  13. News: Toosi . Nahal . Activists say the human rights movement is failing . 3 August 2023 . . 18 June 2023 . en.
  14. News: Blanco . Patricia R. . Un coche cubierto con pelo de iraníes o tiques de ropa con el rostro de presos uigures: propuestas artísticas para denunciar la represión . 6 August 2023 . . 6 August 2023 . es.
  15. News: Paust . Thomas . Denne bilen er tildekket av kvinnehår: – Mullaene skjelver . 3 August 2023 . . 13 June 2023 . no.
  16. News: Castello . Claudio . Hårprotest utenfor Oslo konserthus . 3 August 2023 . . 15 June 2023.
  17. Web site: Hiva Feizi . PaykanArtCar . 27 November 2022.

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