Returning to Iran, Japanese artist finds his oil sculpture `frozen in time`
(WorldNews Iran)

Noriyuki Haraguchi says he put oil pools in 20 different locations, but Tehran is the only place where the art piece has remained untouched for 40 years TEHRAN, Iran - Forty years after his `oil pool` sculpture became the centerpiece of Tehran`s first-ever modern art museum, its Japanese creator returned for its restoration Saturday to find a place `frozen in time.` When the Museum of Contemporary Art opened in central Tehran in 1977, just two years before the Islamic revolution, the country`s cultural scene was flush with royal patronage. ......