The Story of ABOL

This Ramadan, Oblong Contemporary Gallery will present the Iranian artist Abol Atighetchi. For the first time exhibited to the public a series of 12 unpublished paintings. The exhibition will cover more than 31 years of Abol artistic career, from 1991 to 2022. Some of the early paintings are: “Les Iroquois” painted in 1991 showing the artist vision of the Red Skin Indian American tribes located in North America specifically in Canada, a beautiful work on canvas about Mururoa, 2 paintings about Rainbow Warriors, the ship by Green Peace. There will be a large acrylic showing the Qur’anic Illumination from the artist point of view. Calligraphy painting will be exhibited too where the public can admire the influence on Abol by the great Persian poet “M Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī”.