Faramarz Pilaram
Untitled, 1970
Oil on canvas
70 x 70 cm
Faramarz Pilaram
Untitled, 1973
Oil on canvas
130 x 200 cm
Mansour Ghandriz
Untitled, 1963
Lino print on paper
54 x 39 cm
Mansour Ghandriz
Untitled, 1962
Lino print on paper
45.5 x 20.5 cm
Mansour Ghandriz
Untitled, 1962
Lino print on paper
57 x 18 cm
Mansour Ghandriz
Untitled, 1960s
Mixed media with natural pigment on paper mounted on canvas
165 x 190 cm
Sohrab Sepehri
Untitled, 1960s
Oil on canvas
90 x 90 cm
Sohrab Sepehri
Untitled, 1960s
Oil on canvas
95.5 x 129 cm
Sohrab Sepehri
Untitled (from the Trees series), 1960s
Oil on canvas
120 x 180 cm
Charles Hossein Zenderoudi
DE3AM + NAD + CH, 1974
Oil on canvas
55 x 46 cm
Charles Hossein Zenderoudi
Untitled, 1973
Acrylic and oil on canvas
120 x 100 cm
Charles Hossein Zenderoudi
SE + SE + Y + BE, 1970
Oil on canvas
195 x 98 cm
Bahman Mohassess
Fifi, 1965
Oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm
Bahman Mohassess
Untitled, 1969
25 x 35 cm
Bahman Mohassess
Untitled, 1966
Oil on canvas
50 x 70 cm
Bahman Mohassess
Untitled, 1969
Ink and gouache on cardboard
25 x 35 cm
Bahman Mohassess
[Unknown], 1960s
Oil on canvas
70 x 100 cm
Alireza Dayani
Katayoun, 2013
Rapid on paper
70 x 100 cm
Nasser Assar
Untitled, 1960s
Oil on canvas
115 x 145 cm
Parviz Tanavoli
Peot and Bird, 1974
Screen print
57 x 75 cm
Parviz Tanavoli
Three Lovers, 1974
Screen print
50 x 70 cm
Parviz Tanavoli
Poet Turning into Heech, 1973 - 2007
Bronze
240 cm
Edition 4/5
Parviz Tanavoli
Heech
Bronze
32 cm
Edition 5/5
Mohammad Eshai
Untitled, 2013
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
230 x 162 cm
Mohammad Eshai
Untitled, 2013
Oil on canvas
130 x 130 cm
Dubai, UAE – Leila Heller Gallery is pleased to announce the opening exhibition of “The Mana Jalalian Collection: a Rare Collection of Iranian Modern Art” on 15th November 2021.
Iranian Modern and Contemporary art has long been considered a powerhouse within the Middle Eastern art world and is one of the most potent forces within the global art scene. The works exhibited have challenged cemented opinions in art and society whilst providing a unique visual landscape reflective and reverent of a rich and collaborative cultural history.
“That’s the purpose of art, and it’s our duty as art collectors to make it seen, heard, and understood for change and progress to happen”, says Mana Jalalian, an avid collector of Iranian Modern and Contemporary art.
As a young girl studying in Iran, Mana would spend a great deal of time reading and reciting poems by the late Sohrab Sepehri, one of Iran’s most notable poets and painters. The artist is someone who has greatly influenced and changed her perception of the outside world with respect to nature, beauty, and life.
When asked why she collects art, Mana states: “Art stirs my emotions and makes me question things. It makes me feel alive and constantly intrigued by my surroundings.” Until the present day, Sohrab’s influence on Mana remains very evident. If you were to walk down the halls of her residence in Dubai, you would observe walls filled with some of the artist’s most unique and magnificent paintings, accompanied by works from fellow pioneers of Iranian Modernism.
Mana has spent the last 15 years amassing a collection of more than 400 works of paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, video arts, woodcuts, and etchings, currently kept between Dubai, Basel, Tehran, and Vancouver. This exhibition, in partnership with Leila Heller Gallery, showcases more than 50 unique artworks from Mana’s private collection. It features some of the most prominent and influential Iranian artists such as Parviz Tanavoli, Bahman Mohasses, Mohamed Ehsai, Sohrab Sepehri, Charles Hossein Zenderoudi, Reza Derakshani, and Farideh Lashai.
Many of the artworks in Mana’s collection have been exhibited in renowned museums and biennales around the world, namely La Biennale di Venezia, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, MAXXI Museum in Rome, Davis Museum in Boston, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.