PRESS
Translated excerpts from Persian press coverage of Ramin’s work. Translated September 2026.
“Iron Wings, Angels of Our Time”
Farah Seyed Abolvaghasem — review of the Golestan Gallery solo exhibition, Tehran
“But these iron wings — fitted to the angels of our time — can no longer fly. Though each figure is designed and built free and independent of the others, one final thread binds them all: the loss of the power of flight, the sentence to remain, the dread of further transmutation, of growing ever rougher — silence, and silence.”
“Suddenly they have turned to stone — rough granite, no less. Ramin’s angels struck me as deeply tragic… And in the middle of Golestan Gallery’s hall, a man of iron watches the sacrifice of these angels — and is himself the sacrifice.”
“The Statue of Mirza Stands in Rasht”
Report on the unveiling of the bronze equestrian monument to Mirza Kuchak Khan, Municipality Square, Rasht
“Ramin Saadat Gharin, creator of the Mirza Kuchak Khan monument, told our reporter: ‘In Dey 1376 (January 1998), on a proposal from the Municipality of Rasht, work began on the statue at full scale — 4 meters 20 centimeters — and was completed in Esfand 1377 (March 1999).’”
“Figures Become Emblems of Patience and Dignity”
Exhibition report — Golestan Gallery solo show
“The figures have become emblems of patience and dignity.”
“In 1374 (1995) he held his first solo sculpture exhibition, ‘Man and Roosters,’ at Golestan Gallery, Tehran. He went on to win second place in the First Biennial of Contemporary Sculptors and took part in group exhibitions in Tehran and Geneva, Switzerland.”
“Invited to a Gathering of Silence and Stillness”
Banafsheh Samgis — on “Man and Angels,” Golestan Gallery
“I was invited to a gathering of silence and stillness — a world beyond our imagining, whose creatures bear the seal of silence on their lips. As if enchanted: fifteen angels and one human, frozen into stone in a single moment.”
“Angels of Granite” — interview
Rouja Asadi and Barbod Golshiri, Tajassomi — in the artist’s own words
“For me, the choice of material is a major part of the work — decisive in its impact. Every material carries its own expression… The angel I have seen, or long to see, I can express and build better in this material.”
Lili Golestan on “Man and Woman”
From The Private Collection of Lili Golestan
“Ramin was one of my discoveries — an artist who had studied metallurgy. He worked sheet iron the way you would handle fabric. Look at the woman’s skirt, how light and free it is.”