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Parvin
Amirgholi
Beliefs
When
I
was
15,
I
started
my
work
with
weaving.
At
22,
I
established
my
first
atelier
and
since
then
I
have
been
dealing
with
wool,
thread
and
textile.
On
my
50th
birthday,
I
decided
to
paint
besides
my
professional
work;
therefore
l
started
painting
with
Mr.
Javadipour.
After
a
short
while,
I
quit
painting
due
to
some
reasons...
One
night
I
remembered
my
grandma
who
always
had
a
piece
of
metal
with
a
strange
pattern
imprinted
on
it,
which
she
used
to
keep
on
the
corner
of
her
shelf.
Once
I
asked
her
“What
is
this
metal
thing
with
that
pattern?”
She
said:
“It
is
the
spell
of
passion
and
love.
Whenever
my
man
comes
(meaning
my
grandpa),
I
put
this
in
water
and
then
give
the
water
to
him
to
drink”.
The
interesting
thing
was
that
whenever
my
grandpa
drank
the
water,
he
stayed
for
a
few
days
and
then
left
and
disappeared
for
months!
This
pattern
became
the
subject
of
my
paintings.
Later
on I
found
other
patterns
as
well
and
started
painting
again.
The
patterns
were
amazing
to
me.
For
a
long
time,
I
was
obsessed
with
the
thought
of
the
amount
of
effort
boys
and
girls
put
into
holding
onto
each
other,
and
wives
into
keeping
their
husbands.
I
started
my
work
using
brushes
but
then
realized
that
I
could
not
find
the
feeling
I
was
looking
for
in
them,
therefore
I
switched
to
pallet
knife.
When
I
put
the
pieces
of
colors
together,
I
had
the
feeling
of a
passionate
connection
and
unconsciously
repeated
the
words
of
the
spell
on
behalf
of
those
who
believed
it.
I
had
a
solo
exhibition
in
Golestan
Gallery
titled
“The
Spells”
in
May
2009
and
a
group
exhibition
in
Day
Gallery
the
November
of
the
same
year.
This
year,
I
have
portrayed
those
ancient
beliefs
and
will
present
them
in
Etemad
gallery,
in
November
2014.
Parvin
Amirgholi
Born
in
1948
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