Ardeshir Mohasses screened in London
Posted by By ifvc at 21 November, at 15 : 26 PM Print
A lecture by Hadi Hazavehie, noted painter and museum curator, was held on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at the Kensington Central Library in London, organized as part of a special program by Anjoman Sokhan and Kanoon Iran. Due to it being the first anniversary of the death of Ardeshir Mohasses, the famous Iranian caricaturist, the program also included a screening of Ardeshir Mohasses and His Caricatures, the short documentary by Bahman Maghsoudlou who produced and directed this film in Tehran at his house in 1972. It remains the only film about the famous artist to date.
Masoud Behnoud, the distinguished Iranian writer and journalist, also spoke about Mohasses and his roots.
Maghsoudlou has recently announced his decision to recut the film, expanding it to feature length by using new footage of the artist’s life and work, including footage taken of Mohasses in his studio in New York not long before his death. Maghsoudlou plans to finish this long documentary by next October in time for screening on the second anniversary of the artist’s
