15 days until the Tehran art auction / waiting for transparency

Fars News Agency – Visual Group: There is no time left until the 16th Tehran Art Auction, and without a doubt, transparency information and even a press conference to enlighten public opinion can answer the doubts that exist about this event.

There have always been many words and sayings about holding the Tehran Art Auction in these fifteen periods that have passed, and there have been vague points about it that have not been answered convincingly by its organizers.
This auction, which is on the eve of its 16th period and is scheduled to be held on July 30 with a focus on contemporary Iranian works of art at the Parsian Azadi Hotel, is one of the country’s art events. It has been criticized by artists and experts.

The high turnover that is going on in this art event, according to the statistics announced in each period, is faced with newer and higher figures than the previous period, which at first glance raises the question in the minds of the audience that these buyers; With what intention and intention do they buy them and what is their benefit from these purchases ?!

Perhaps it is not bad to look at the sales statistics of the last two periods of this auction to realize its turnover, which of course is still limited to a certain number of works by a few artists.

In the fourteenth period, with the hammering of 120 works of art, the total sales of its works reached 42 billion and 718 million Tomans, while in the next two years and in the fifteenth period, the total sales of works exceeded 158 billion Tomans and only a single work of Parviz Tanavoli was sold as a “sitting poet” for 14 billion and 600 million tomans, which was the most expensive work of this period.

The presentation of 35 works with a base price of over one billion tomans by experts was also one of the interesting points of this last auction, which raises the question in the minds of the audience by whom and with what intention these works were purchased.

In fact, 10 years of holding this event and the 79-fold increase in its effects in the fifteenth period compared to the first period has caused money laundering in the minds of growth, a growth that is far more staggering than other markets in the country.

Another question that arises is how many artists in the exhibitions they held sold less and with figures several tens of times lower than this auction, but suddenly the same work of the artist when he leaves the auction in Tehran with many figures Faced with astronomy?

* Works that multiply the money of its owners

Collectors who attend the auction for profit and money laundering usually make up the majority of buyers at the event. They are mostly looking for works that, because they are time-consuming in galleries, or rather not all of them can be found in galleries, and are in a way rare. The works of artists such as Parviz Tanavoli, Farideh Lashaei, Sohrab Sepehri, Faramarz Pilaram, etc. have made these buyers the mainstay of the Tehran auction.

Another part of the buyers of this auction should be considered people who are present in it with the intention of economic investment in art. Banks and manufacturers with the intention of adding value to their capital went to this space, and in general it should be said that most of these buyers are special people than ordinary people. People who, regardless of the artistic and aesthetic discussion in the works, go to this auction solely for the purpose of investment and material gain.

* Clarification of the originality of works of art; An end to the allegations

Of course, there are doubts about the authenticity of some of these works, which create words and hadiths in each period.
The issue of falsification of Sohrab Sepehri’s works in recent times and whether an artist has created all these works with his short life is a controversy that has been raised in the recent sales of art auctions and has occupied the minds. In this regard, there is no doubt that the presence of relevant government experts and their views can help substantiate all the allegations and in this regard help to clarify the issue as much as possible.

* The vacancy of the young generation is very much felt in the auction

The generation of artists of the 60’s, 70’s and very young artists of the 80’s who are at the beginning of their artistic path have a lot to say and their works in the country’s galleries have shown that the artistic future of the country is in their hands. Attending prestigious domestic and foreign biennials and festivals and gaining artistic honors, all announce a generation that steals the lead from even veteran artists and longs for higher positions in their heads.

But their neglect is felt more and more in the art auction and they have not been seen as they should be in the choices of the art auction experts.

In fact, paying too much attention to the works of artists before the 1950s, who almost threw their own flour and sifted their sieves in their art genre; Can be one of the young artists of the country who are famous and hard-working; Get this motivation.
Undoubtedly, valuing them and gaining opportunities and being seen in this auction, in addition to generating income; It can motivate them to continue their artistic work and growth.

In fact, it should be said that ignoring the media and not holding a press conference and proper communication with journalists to enlighten public opinion and clear answers about the selection of works, correct pricing and publishing the names of buyers and work report of each period and send it in the mass media can Give a clear answer to all these cases and the question marks that exist in the artistic community of the country.

End of message /