A group exhibition with Asareh Akkasheh, Hamidreza Andarz, Maryam Goreishi, Elnaz Mostafayi, Shahpour Pouyan, and Mahta Saghafi
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Asareh Akkasheh, Untitled, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 25 x 60 cm ●
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Asareh Akkasheh, Untitled, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 25 x 60 cm ●
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Asareh Akkasheh, Untitled, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 25 x 60 cm ●
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Asareh Akkasheh, Untitled, 2010, Pencil on paper, 57 x 86 cm ●
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Asareh Akkasheh, Untitled (Detail), 2010, Pencil on paper, 57 x 86 cm ●
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Asareh Akkasheh, Untitled, 2010, Acrylic and ink on canvas, 20 x 20 cm ●
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Asareh Akkasheh, Untitled, 2010, Acrylic and ink on canvas, 18.5 x 20 cm ●
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Asareh Akkasheh, Untitled, 2010, Acrylic and ink on canvas, 20 x 20 cm ●
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Elnaz Mostafayi, Untitled, 2009, Acrylic on paper and wood, 34 x 50 cm
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Elnaz Mostafayi, Untitled, 2009, Acrylic on paper and wood, 34 x 50 cm ●
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Elnaz Mostafayi, Untitled, 2009, Acrylic on paper and wood, 34 x 50 cm
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Elnaz Mostafayi, Untitled, 2009, Acrylic on paper and wood, 34 x 50 cm
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Shapour Pouyan, Untitled, 2009, Collage, ink and acrylic on paper, 24.5 x 34 cm
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Shapour Pouyan, Untitled, 2009, Collage, ink and acrylic on paper, 20 x 30 cm
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Shapour Pouyan, Untitled, 2009, Collage, ink and acrylic on paper, 20 x 30 cm
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Shapour Pouyan, Untitled, 2009, Collage, ink and acrylic on paper, 20 x 30 cm ●
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Shapour Pouyan, Untitled, 2009, Collage, ink and acrylic on paper, 24.5 x 34 cm
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Hamidreza Andarz, Untitled 2, 2010, Pastel on coloured paper, 46.5 x 57 cm ●
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Hamidreza Andarz, Untitled 1, 2010, Pastel and coloured pencil on colored paper, 48 x 54 cm ●
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Hamidreza Andarz, Untitled 5, Pastel on colored paper, 28 x 35 cm ●
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Hamidreza Andarz, Untitled 3, Pastel on cardboard, 29 x 43.5 cm
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Hamidreza Andarz, Untitled 4, 2010, Pastel on colored paper, 48 x 48 cm ●
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Mahta Saghafi, Drawing, 2010, Crayon on paper, 23.5 x 34 cm
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Mahta Saghafi, Drawing, 2010, Crayon on paper, 23.5 x 34 cm
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Mahta Saghafi, Drawing, 2010, Crayon on paper, 23.5 x 34 cm
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Mahta Saghafi, Untitled, 2010, Mixed media, 49 x 68 cm ●
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Mahta Saghafi, Untitled, 2010, Mixed media, 49 x 68 cm
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Maryam Goreyshi, Untitled (detail), Ink on paper
Under the Radar presents young contemporary artists working from inside Iran in contrast with exhibitions held for Iranian artists in the diaspora. The selected artists approach the blank paper with different motives and techniques. Through their works a complex relation emerges between the individual and the 'outside'.
Distorted or blurred realities, landscapes devoid of human presence and life, animal figuration all recreate the visual language of their experiences, a universal language that transcends borders and nationality.
read more...Under the Radar presents young contemporary artists working from inside Iran in contrast with exhibitions held for Iranian artists in the diaspora. The selected artists approach the blank paper with different motives and techniques. Through their works a complex relation emerges between the individual and the 'outside'.
Distorted or blurred realities, landscapes devoid of human presence and life, animal figuration all recreate the visual language of their experiences, a universal language that transcends borders and nationality.
Iranian life is a contradictory life and the adversity of this contradiction leads inhabitants to be fierce. Review on a society’s art creation through specific times is one of the most accurate methods of sociological study. While selecting the works of these very young artists, I came to see some common elements in their works. Abortion, chaos, abandons and dark technology which I believe is among the symptoms of a modern urban depression. Another important issue that we encounter in these works is "sexuality". In a sexually closed society like Iran, art is one of the outlets of expression, with which artists express their frustration. These traces are all refer to the super ego of the artist. A spirit which is born with Iranians and nurtures during schooling and it depends on the genius of the artists to catch and reflect these roots and taboos.
Ali Bakhtiari
Eros and Thanatos is what comes out of Iran today, a country cordoned off for the past thirty years because of the Islamic Revolution. What must we think of this?
Pia Copper