Centre Pompidou: “Assemblée solidaire : Iran, les arts en résistance”
Debate/Meeting at Centre Pompidou, on March 8, 2023
In solidarity with the Iranian people, and on the occasion of International Women's Rights Day, the Center Pompidou is organizing an assembly on March 8 to echo this vast protest movement. On the initiative of the film director and artist Bani Khoshnoudi, the panel aims at gathering testimonies and reflecting on the role of art in the Iranian society from fellow guest artists Neda Razavipour, Mehrab Tamadon, Barbad Golshiri, Ghazal
Golshiri, Chahla Chafiq and Bani Khoshnoudi, moderated by journalist Jean-Marie Durand.
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AWARE: Walking on the tightrope: Forgetting “Iranian Contemporary Art”
Round Table and discussion dedicated to Iranian women artists with Bahar Majdzadeh, Neda Razavipour and Golnaz Payani on February 17 2023 at AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions) with Zamân Books & Curating, Chloé Bonnie More and Morad Montazami.
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Asia Now Art Faire: Neda Razavipour in conversation with Morad Montazami
Morad Montazami (director Zamân Books & Curating) in conversation with Neda Razavipour about the work of the Iranian artist. Neda Razavipour showcases at La Monnaie de Paris with “Antifragility”, the latest project from her series “Unstable Equilibrium.”
Razavipour is represented by Ab-Anbar Gallery from London and supported by Yassi Art Foundation.
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Neda Razavipour: Reflections on Art, Memory, and Public Space: BBC Persian Tamasha Interview
In this BBC Persian Tamasha interview, conceptual artist Neda Razavipour reflects on her artistic journey from her early years in France to her pioneering role in Iran’s contemporary art scene. She speaks about her transition from set design to installation, video, performance, and public art. She recalls presenting her first video installation at the 2001 Conceptual Art exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.
Razavipour discusses her major projects, including the public installation Census, her participatory performance Self-Service, and later exhibitions such as Oscillation, The Edge of Chaos, and Beyond Fragility, where she works with broken objects, carpets, ceramics, and everyday materials to explore memory, violence, vulnerability, and resilience. Filmed in London, this interview offers an intimate look into the ideas shaping more than two decades of her artistic practice.
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Daily Notes 2007–2010: Interview with Neda Razavipour, Dastan’s Basement, Tehran
This video accompanies Neda Razavipour’s solo exhibition and book launch “Daily Notes 2007–2010”, presented at Dastan’s Basement (September 28 – October 19, 2018).
“Daily Notes” began in a shared studio during a period marked by personal and collective upheavals. Seeking focus amid uncertainty, Razavipour turned to newspapers, selecting images and redrawing them in yearbooks day by day. With a sharpened pencil, she translated halftone news images — moments of tragedy, routine, hope, and tension — into small, delicate drawings. What started as a coping mechanism extended over five years, becoming a quiet archive of lived time.
Although the series was exhibited internationally in France, the UK, Germany, and Greece, it had never been shown comprehensively in Iran until this presentation. Revisiting boxes of past works in her new Tehran studio prompted the artist to re-engage with the drawings and compile them into a book that contextualizes the project through an introduction and three in-depth interviews with Thomas Erdbrink, Abbas Kowsari, Homayoun Askari Sirizi & and Azar Mahmoudian.
Echoing the spirit of Ardeshir Mohassess’ “Current Events,” the exhibition and publication reflect an intimate, persistent attempt to understand a rapidly shifting world — to resist passivity, to stay attentive, and to hold a fragile balance in turbulent times.
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