{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"","height":1848,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/a1one-street-art-from-tehran/a1one-tehran-graffiti.jpg","width":1920},"credit":"","date":"2009-08-19T17:53:37Z","description":"A1one is the one, who started graffiti in Tehran. His urban artworks are his way to deal with the society and its social and political problems...","html":"\u003cp\u003eI think, everybody knows about the political problems in Iran - about the demonstrations, the violence, the vote rigging and so on\u0026hellip; And I think, you can imagine how dangerous it is to comment these social and political issues over there. Then you also can imagine how extremely dangerous it is to make politically street art right there.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndeed the Islamic Republic of Iran has no laws, which prohibit graffiti or street art, but this means nothing.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStreet artist \u003cstrong\u003eA1one\u003c/strong\u003e aka Tanha from Tehran, is one of the pioneers of the urban art scene in Iran. With his public space art, he describes his view on the Iranian society and puts hisself regularly in danger. Even before the big protests.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“My first work was a very simple work titled “searching for friends” painted on a wall right next to the Tehran-Karaj expressway late at night. It was a really frightening night for me… The next morning I got three calls from friends who recognized my style of painting. They were shocked to see my work on a public wall.”  (Via pingmag.jp)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA1one\u003c/strong\u003es artworks combine both, Persian calligraphy and Western graffiti. For the protest he scribbles about 800 pencil-soldiers in the streets of Tehran. You can take a look of his artworks by clicking trough \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/irangraffiti/\"\u003ehis photostream\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more info about him, visit \u003ca href=\"http://tehranwalls.blogspot.com/\"\u003ehis blog\u003c/a\u003e or check the interviews on \u003ca href=\"http://pingmag.jp/2007/01/19/a1one-1st-generation-graffiti-in-iran/\"\u003epingmag.jp\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"http://www.underspray.com/a1one.html\"\u003eunderspray.com\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1204\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1204\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1204\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/a1one-street-art-from-tehran/a1one-tehran-graffiti11_hu_3817bfc064bfb1f7.avif 480w, /a1one-street-art-from-tehran/a1one-tehran-graffiti11_hu_a81fe11383b51b17.avif 960w, /a1one-street-art-from-tehran/a1one-tehran-graffiti11_hu_5d61279bc04f2d5b.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/a1one-street-art-from-tehran/a1one-tehran-graffiti11_hu_d3cf5db8ea7fc2bd.webp 480w, /a1one-street-art-from-tehran/a1one-tehran-graffiti11_hu_9c658f6b9676edab.webp 960w, /a1one-street-art-from-tehran/a1one-tehran-graffiti11_hu_ffab8017c376d977.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/a1one-street-art-from-tehran/a1one-tehran-graffiti11_hu_c500373b21056bdc.jpg\" srcset=\"/a1one-street-art-from-tehran/a1one-tehran-graffiti11_hu_38b0b5372a78afdc.jpg 480w, /a1one-street-art-from-tehran/a1one-tehran-graffiti11_hu_14786f80fef477c7.jpg 960w, /a1one-street-art-from-tehran/a1one-tehran-graffiti11_hu_c500373b21056bdc.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"713\" alt=\"a1one tehran graffiti\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ea1one tehran graffiti\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n A1one - Urban Art Under Pressure\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVia \u003ca href=\"http://blog.rebellen.info/2009/08/15/a1one-streetart-pionier-in-teheran/\"\u003eblog.rebellen.info\u003c/a\u003e (ger)\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nI think, everybody knows about the political problems in Iran - about the demonstrations, the violence, the vote rigging and so on... And I think, you can imagine how dangerous it is to comment these social and political issues over there. Then you also can imagine how extremely dangerous it is to make politically street art right there.\n\nIndeed the Islamic Republic of Iran has no laws, which prohibit graffiti or street art, but this means nothing.\n\nStreet artist **A1one** aka Tanha from Tehran, is one of the pioneers of the urban art scene in Iran. With his public space art, he describes his view on the Iranian society and puts hisself regularly in danger. Even before the big protests.\n\n\u003e “My first work was a very simple work titled “searching for friends” painted on a wall right next to the Tehran-Karaj expressway late at night. It was a really frightening night for me… The next morning I got three calls from friends who recognized my style of painting. They were shocked to see my work on a public wall.”  (Via pingmag.jp)\n\n**A1one**s artworks combine both, Persian calligraphy and Western graffiti. For the protest he scribbles about 800 pencil-soldiers in the streets of Tehran. You can take a look of his artworks by clicking trough [his photostream](http://www.flickr.com/photos/irangraffiti/)!\n\nFor more info about him, visit [his blog](http://tehranwalls.blogspot.com/) or check the interviews on [pingmag.jp](http://pingmag.jp/2007/01/19/a1one-1st-generation-graffiti-in-iran/) or [underspray.com](http://www.underspray.com/a1one.html).\n\n![a1one tehran graffiti](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/a1one-street-art-from-tehran/a1one-tehran-graffiti11.jpg\u003e)\n\na1one tehran graffiti A1one - Urban Art Under Pressure\n\n\nVia [blog.rebellen.info](http://blog.rebellen.info/2009/08/15/a1one-streetart-pionier-in-teheran/) (ger)\n","tags":["Street Protest","A1one","Arab Street Art"],"title":"A1one - Street Art in Tehran","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/a1one-street-art-from-tehran/"}