The Asahi Shimbun Displays
Objects In Focus
Takhti: a modern Iranian hero
19 February – 19 April
2009 / Room
3 / Free
A display of a recently acquired artwork by Iranian
artist Khosrow Hassanzadeh, which offers a contemporary perspective
on Iranian history, religion and culture.
It focuses on a wrestler Ghulamreza Takhti, Olympic medallist
and national hero of Iran (d. 1968) whose title is jahan
pahlavan ‘world hero’. The exhibition examines his place in
history and the ancient roots of the wrestling tradition of
Iran.
Related exhibitions and displays
Shah 'Abbas: The Remaking of
Iran
19 February – 14 June 2009
The splendour of Isfahan: coins from
Iran
5 March – 5 July 2009
Image: Takhti by Khosrow
Hassanzadeh. Mixed media, 2007. Reproduced by permission of the
artist.