February 23, 2004

On Simon Ordoubadi

For those of you in Los Angeles or visiting over this week, here's one item you do not want to miss. Very talented and extremely pleasant artist Houman Mortazavi is having an exhibition of his project involving fictitious Iranian personality Simon Ordoubadi. Titled "Project Misplaced", you will get an opportunity to see many of the ads "Simon" placed in various Persian print media of LA during 2003 in an attempt to climb up the social ladder, gain fame and become a celebrity of sort in what may mirror some of the experiences of a portion of larger immigrant community around the world. It is humorous, dark and sad at the same time and attending his opening reception, I found myself laughing at times and shaking my head a minute later. Here's a sample, but please go and see them all, if you can.

On a different note, it was great seeing Jahanshah Javid in person after being cyber friends for so many years.

UPDATES:

Jacki Lyden's piece about "Simon" from Iranian.com

Another chance to see Houman's work in San Jose this Friday.

Posted by Pedram at February 23, 2004 12:07 AM
Comments

you're so lucky ... I would lovvvve to heve met him ...

He's inspired many aspiring illustrators (myself included) and I consider him as one of the most gifted illustrators Iran's had to offer.

Posted by: legofish at February 23, 2004 08:41 AM

in my opinion he is one of the most talented and original artist / designer of our time.
he deserves national recognition.

Posted by: navid at February 23, 2004 04:01 PM

Have you seen his other works?
Go to:
http://www.houmanmortazavi.com/

Posted by: The Other at February 23, 2004 11:46 PM

The rise and fall of Simon Ordoubadi
http://www.iranian.com/Diaspora/2004/February/Project/

Posted by: The Other at February 24, 2004 01:02 AM