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Independent Artists Group or Independent Painters and Sculptors Group, shortly known as the Independent Group was a group of 7 Iranian modernist artists, including Marcos Grigorian, Gholamhossein Nami, Morteza Momayez, Faramarz Pilaram, Sirak Melkonian, Masould Arabshahi, and Mir Abdolreza Daryabeigi formed in October 1974.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page).Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page). The group held four exhibitions in Tehran and participated in three art events in Basel and Washington.
The group's activities were seen to be reflective of conceptual art.
History
According to Gholamhossein Nami, "Marcos Grigorian proposed the initial idea for the group's formation, with Morteza Momayez and Nami being the first members to join.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page).
These 7 artists decided to take a response to the copying of artworks in the name of modern art, therefore by developing a bylaw and setting goals, they decided to present the newest aspects of modernism in the world in a principled manner.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page).
The group finally disbanded in 1977.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page). Shortly after the Iranian Revolution and the social and political transformations it generated, the general direction of art in Iran shifted, and contemporary art was unable to develop further into a flourishing, nationwide movement.
- ^ "A Chronology of Conceptual Experiments in Iranian Art of the 1970s / mohit.art". mohit.art. Retrieved 2025-01-12.