This fall the gallery will be presenting a solo show by artist Farhad Ostovani. Yet the counterpoint, the face-to-face, the dialogue between artists remains. Here they take the form of an inner dialogue between the artist and his “other”. It is an exercise of intimate introspection by the artist, painting the vestige of his past in an Iran that no longer exists, that which remains when memory fails us.
1 – Farhad Ostovani
Le vieil érable I, 2021
Pencil and watercolor on old Royal-Imperial stamped paper
29,5 x 20,6 cm
2 – Farhad Ostovani
Le Jardin d’Alioff, 1990
Acrylic and oil on canvas
110 x 110 cm
The work of this Iranian artist – which spans almost fifty years – is not only the testimony of nostalgia and memory, but an oeuvre that resonates like the stanzas of a single long poem, a meditation on time, art, melancholy, dislocation and love. As Rûmî wrote:
“Listen to the reed flute lament and go on about separation.
Ever since I was cut from the reedbed, through my cries men and women have lamented (…) Whoever remains far from his source longs for the moment when he will be united with it again.”
In situ
Derrière l’horizon, exhibition views
Works
Farhad Ostovani
Ulivo di Castelvetrano, 2021
Pastel on paper
20,8 x 20,8 cm
Farhad Ostovani
Palimpseste, 2020
Oil on pannel
43 x 43 cm
Farhad Ostovani
Champs de blé II, 2017
Watercolor, pastel and pigments on lithograph
11,8 x 39,8 cm
Farad Ostovani
Ulivo di Castelvetrano, 2021
Pastel on paper
21 x 21 cm
Farhad Ostovani
Champs de blé I, 2017
Watercolor, pastel and pigments on lithograph
11,8 x 39,8 cm
Farhad Ostovani
Le vieil érable I, 2021
Pencil and watercolor on old Royal-Imperial stamped paper
29,5 x 20,6 cm
Farhad Ostovani
Le Jardin d’Alioff, 1990
Acrylic and oil on canvas
110 x 110 cm
Farhad Ostovani
Ulivo di Castelvetrano, 2002
Pastel on cardboard
215 x 342 mm
Farhad Ostovani
Champs de blé, 2016
Watercolor and gouache on paper
30,8 x 40,8 cm
Farad Ostovani
Horizon II, 2017
Watercolor, gouache, pigments and pastel on paper
118 x 466 mm
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