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Borderlessness

Abstract art forms itself in frontiers beyond the borders of the objective truth, a pattern unlike irrelevant relevance of life, through the filters of the eyes of the artist. Something like watching clouds, as an amorphous dream, where shapes of familiarity are observed, neglecting the fact that the clouds bear rain within. Abstract art is an inner dialect, a personal view, that appears only in the form of space, color and shape; away from dos and don’ts, free from barriers and verbal and visual prophecies. In the abstract domain, the artist defines himself by resorting to his needs, memories and emotional attachments, free from the intuition requirements of the audience, creating a new external realm from the inner self. Here the viewer extends himself, in the direction of the artist’s interpretation; just like comprehending a poem in a foreign language, and that understanding is not only possible by words but by feeling and sensing the sounds of the words. Abstract art has been part of Iranian art for some sixty years and using native colors and familiar forms, it has turned into an exclusive patent. “Borderlessness” invites you to see the reflecting visual inner dialect of several well-known Iranian abstract artists. | Parham Didehvar

Shadow of Silence Paintings in which color and shapes reflect memories and brimful imaginations. Humans, birds and trees accompanied by strokes and colors gather around in a diverse mixture. It has been years that Prof. Hormoz Mehmanesh paints alongside his professional practice. Being one of the few heart robotic surgeons and one of the elites of his field, he paints in a self-taught manner. For him it is an ontological practice and the reason why his subjects are full of memories, questions, concerns & dreams. Although his works are diverse and full of experimentation, we can always see the human, tree and bird figures; The link between the earth and the sky, and the discovery of combinations through the paint materials giving the uniqueness to his works. Mehmanesh uses color as a representation and in a symbolic way which makes his works not being an imitation of modern expressionism movement but can be considered alongside avant-garde artists such as (Francesco Clemente) and (Mimmo Paladino). The representative part of these paintings gives them a revelational and expressive aspect while an orginal joy and a discovered universe accompanies the spectator throughout these last. Painting is a boiling instinct for the artist, hence the importance of exhibition his art in the current climate where the different reasons of creating an art piece sometimes deface its freedom and uniqueness. This collection reflects a drowning into the joy and the discovery of art, this time from a window of thoughts and the point of view of some one who doesn’t see painting as a saleable or offerable object. These artworks are the eruption of a joyful and creative mind which recorded moments …