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Nasser Assar was born in 1928 in Tehran, Iran. At the age of seven, he began to paint and to familiarize himself with calligraphy. After studying at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Tehran, he decided to move to Paris in 1953, eager for new experiences. His culture is marked by poetry and philosophy. His artistic influences are diverse. In the romantic tradition of Caspar David Friedrich, he claims the influence of
Nasser Assar was born in 1928 in Tehran, Iran. At the age of seven, he began to paint and to familiarize himself with calligraphy. After studying at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Tehran, he decided to move to Paris in 1953, eager for new experiences. His culture is marked by poetry and philosophy. His artistic influences are diverse. In the romantic tradition of Caspar David Friedrich, he claims the influence of Bonnard and Giacometti, and his proximity to Chinese painting of the High Period is undeniable. In this oriental art, he apprehends the value of real space, as well as the spontaneity of gesture. His meeting with the art critic Julien Alvard was decisive. The latter signed the preface to his first solo exhibition, in 1955, at the Prismes gallery (Paris). He then participated in several group exhibitions (Comparaisons, Salon des Réalités nouvelles, Jeunes peintres d'aujourd'hui, etc). He is associated with the exhibition "Antagonismes" at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, along with Frédéric Benrath, René Duvillier and Piero Graziani, among others. The Bellechasse Gallery (Paris) organized his second solo exhibition in 1960. In 1961, Nasser Assar was one of thirteen painters chosen to represent France at the second Paris Biennale. His first personal exhibition abroad, in 1961, was organized at the Lincoln Gallery in London. Of the nuagist painters, Nasser Assar is perhaps the most atypical, because the calligraphic sign reveals in him a certain representation of reality, a formal dimension. However, his work on transparency and depth is close to that of Frederic Benrath or Fernando Lerin. The light in his work seems inherent to the material and the color of the elements. It also testifies to the inner flame of the artist, in harmony with things. From 1964 onwards, Nasser Assar's work seems to leave the shores of abstraction for plant and animal forms; from then on, Nasser Assar paints trees, meadows, rocks, large pieces of sky, in a permanent and soothing relationship with nature. The artist died in Paris in 2011.
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* « Nasser Assar », Julien Alvard, in revue Cimaise, n°2, décembre 1955* « Nasser Assar », Pierre Restany, in revue Cimaise, n°48, avril 1960
* « Les nuagistes », Gérald Gassiot-Talabot, in revue Opus international, n°28, 1971
* « Nasser Assar - le geste en offrande », Béatrice Bonhomme, Revue Art Sud, n°45, mai-juin 2004
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A tribute to Nasser Assar
Au fil des ans, l'espace des promenades et des investigations de Nasser Assar s'était rétréci : la maladie compliquée par de grandes difficultés respiratoires. Nasser Assar était né à Téhéran le 22 septembre 1928. Il avait résolu de vivre en Europe à partir de 1953, tout d'abord en Allemagne, puis ensuite à Paris. L'artiste est mort dans la soirée du mardi 26 juillet 2011. Ses obsèques se sont déroulés le lundi 1er août au crématorium du cimetière du Père-Lachaise à Paris. En son hommage, ce bleuet (Gol-e Gandom en persan).
"La beauté, comme une offrande" - Jean-Paul Avice
"Ma quête est-elle une recherche religieuse ou mystique - une sagesse? Ce n'est pas à moi de le dire." - Nasser Assar
"Dans cet endroit du Vaucluse - il peignait presque toujours la même falaise, les mêmes arbres que ployait le cours des saisons - et puis surtout l'approfondissement de sa problématique l'avaient conduit vers des paysages de plus en plus intérieurs. " - Alain Paire
"Nasser Assar s'est demandé si la tâche du peintre, ce n'est pas seulement de vivre, de vivre dans le partage : la présence représentée n'étant jamais que de l'apparence, faute des trois dimensions de l'existence ordinaire, seule vraie source. " - Yves Bonnefoy
"Nombre d'oeuvres de Nasser Assar suscitent une impression de silence et de temps suspendu : d'attente. Quelque chose approche qui vient de loin, et ce n'est pas sans émotion que l'on voit apparaître dans son oeuvre, cette fois clairement, de véritables paysages, avec une profondeur, une atmosphère, mais sans rien qui indiquerait une présence humaine." - Alain Madeleine-Perdrillat
"Je réalise que tout en essayant de rendre le visible, je suis peut-être - en tant qu'Iranien - hanté par l'invisible." - Nasser Assar
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- + NEW REALITIES / 1946-1956 / Etienne Béothy, Marcelle Cahn, etc.
- + NUAGISM / 1954-.... / Fernando Lerin, Pierre Graziani, etc.
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