Charles-Hossein Zenderoudi, born in Tehran in 1937, is an Iranian painter and a founding figure of the Saqqakhaneh movement. He developed an individual pictorial language using letters, numbers and signs drawn from Iranian visual culture.
Visual Language and Media
Rhythm, repetition and the arrangement of signs structure much of his work. Letters function as forms and colour as well as written language.
Artistic Practice and Projects
After receiving an award at the 1961 Paris Biennale, he settled in Paris. In 1963, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired a work by him.
Works at HICHAA
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