Painting Exhibition ۱۳th. – 27th November 2015 Statement What is the city but people? (Shakespeare) This is a retrospective exhibition of my soft pastel paintings. The main theme of it is the urban space in my hometown Tehran. Thirty years ago I had a more or less impressionistic style of dealing with city scenery. I used to choose old buildings and neighborhoods as models and work directly on locations. Some years later, I focused on plants and flowers at my studio with an expressionistic approach. My recent pastel paintings follow my oil painting’s night scenes. They reflect here and now of Tehran: Cityscapes with polluted sky, highways, bridges, public parks, shrines and mosques, endless construction works, etc. The transformation of Tehran is so harsh and unbelievable that now my old pastel paintings seem to belong to a totally different place and time. Along with changes of Tehran during the last three decades, you will see changes in my thoughts and feelings and eventually in my painting style, viewpoint and color palette.
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Artworks
Soft Pastel
42x57cm
2015
Soft Pastel
42x52cm
2015
Soft Pastel
65x80cm
2015
Soft Pastel
50x65cm
2015
Soft Pastel
65x80cm
2015
Soft Pastel
63x78cm
2015
Soft Pastel
37x54cm
2015
Soft Pastel
65x80cm
2015
Soft Pastel
65x80cm
2015
Soft Pastel
50x65cm
2014
Soft Pastel
50x65cm
2014
Soft Pastel
100x70cm
2014
Soft Pastel
100x70cm
2014
Soft Pastel
36x54cm
2004
Soft Pastel
25x35cm
1998
Soft Pastel
50x65cm
1992
Soft Pastel
37x55cm
1988
Soft Pastel
27x34cm
1988
Soft Pastel
27x33cm
1988
Soft Pastel
37x55cm
1988
Soft Pastel
25x33cm
1985
Soft Pastel
27x33cm
1985
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