TEHRAN (Iran News) – The humanism in the work of Vincenzo Bianchini, an Italian doctor, poet and artist, who spent a long period of his life in Iran between the 50s and the 70s of last century, was under the spotlight of the seventh and last episode of the fine arts series by the Italian Embassy in Tehran “From Tehran to Rome. A Journey through Art “, screened today at the residence of Ambassador Giuseppe Perrone.
Doctor by profession, humanist by inspiration and artist by nature, Bianchini has left a vivid memory in Iran not only for his humanitarian work, but also for his artistic work, carried out over 24 years spent in the most remote areas of the country, such as the provinces of Razavi Khorasan, South Khorasan, Kurdistan, Khuzestan and Kerman.
Through medicine, literature and art, Bianchini has given voice to the suffering of the most disadvantaged members of society, highlighting their dignity and deeply human experience through simple and direct images of figures portrayed in their absolute, unapologetic loneliness.
Bianchini’s work, associated in its style and inspiration with the Italian artistic movement “Arte Povera”, consists today of a large number of paintings and sculptures, as well as collections of poems translated into Persian by important Iranian artists and writers, including Bahman Mohassess, himself the subject of a documentary in the same series by the Italian Embassy in Tehran.
Some of these works by Bianchini will be the subject of an exclusive exhibition, currently in the making with the support of the Italian Embassy in Tehran, to be inaugurated in the next few months at the Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
“Vincenzo Bianchini was an important and evocative artist, whose work has yet to be adequately discovered and appreciated” Ambassador Perrone said at the event in his residence. “He has shown that a man, an artist, can become a better person and a better artist by discovering, researching and embracing new cultures and lifestyles”.
“I am happy that the Italian Embassy in Tehran is part of this new project and that the upcoming exhibition at the Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Art, with the support of our Embassy, will give a voice to an Italian artist who stands as a symbol of the enduring exchange and mutual enrichment between the Italian and the Persian culture”, he concluded.
The documentary “Vincenzo Bianchini. The Humanist and the Artist “, as well as the previous six episodes of the series “From Tehran to Rome. A Journey through Art” featuring Italian and Iranian artists whose life and career have been shaped in both countries, culture and art, are available on the social media channels of the Italian Embassy in Tehran (YouTube, Instagram, Twitter).
