Sculpture has always been a controversial art form in Iran, but that is where Parviz Tanavoli has found his greatest inspiration. A new Longreads Exclusive from Maisonneuve magazine.
The Mountain Carver
Nadim Roberts | Maisonneuve | May 25, 2015 | 2,885 words
The Mountain Carver
Sculpture has always been a controversial art form in Iran, but that is where Parviz Tanavoli has found his greatest inspiration.
Nadim Roberts | Maisonneuve | Spring 2015 | 12 minutes (2,885 words)
The following Longreads Exclusive comes from journalist Nadim Roberts and Montreal-based Maisonneuve magazine.
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One morning in March 2014, shortly after returning to his home in Iran, sculptor Parviz Tanavoli awoke to the sound of his daughter’s screams. About twenty men had broken the locks on his front door and entered his house. It looked like the clumsiest art heist in history, but this ragtag group worked for the municipality of Tehran. They were there on strict orders to confiscate Tanavoli’s artwork.
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