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Mehdi
Hosseini
Silent
Blue
December
4,
2020
to
January
1,
2021
Ariana
Plus
Gallery
Ariana
Plus
announces
the
exhibition
of
Mehdi
Hosseini’s
most
recent
series
of
paintings
titled
“Silent
Blue”.
The
fifteen
acrylic-on-canvas
and
acrylic-on-paper
paintings
in
the
exhibition
have
all
been
created
within
the
recent
year.
Quiet
and
passive
spaces,
and
the
Eastern
idea
that
the
smaller
is
more
beautiful
and
the
emptier
is
fuller,
are
themes
found
in
Mehdi
Hosseini’s
work,
and
the
representation
of
such
ideas,
along
with
a
level
of
influence
from
Western
styles,
have
been
prominent
in
his
paintings.
In
addition
to
his
painterly
compositions
and
mood-setting,
and
of
course
his
characteristic
palette,
his
artistic
signature
is
best
seen
in
the
way
he
transforms
his
painterly
language
into
a
lyrical
expression
that
connotes
a
sense
of
artistic
mastery
as
well
as
an
intellectual
subtext.
Another
aspect
of
Mehdi
Hosseini’s
paintings
is
his
use
of
Eastern
geometry
in
his
quiet
settings.
Inspired
by
the
ideology
and
practice
of
the
Herat
School,
he
takes
the
emphasis
on
the
mutual
interactions
of
visual
elements
in a
painting
into
his
compositions
to
translate
them
into
his
contemporary
tone.
By
using
horizon
lines,
the
paintings,
while
remaining
quite
flat,
appear
to
imply
a
certain
sense
of
perspective,
giving
the
pieces
a
contemporary
quality
in
their
general
composition,
expressive
language
and
tone.
Moreover,
the
style
of
painting
and
the
consistent
compositions
of
each
elements
based
on
circular
forms,
adds
a
certain
type
of
geometry
to
the
picture
which
itself
builds
on
the
contemporary
imagery
to
create
dimensionality
and
a
sense
of
space.
In
other
words,
as
surfaces
and
geometry
were
used
in
the
Herat
School
to
enhance
works
of
Miniature
Painting
and
create
a
mood
through
their
imagery
and
visual
language,
Mehdi
Hosseini
transmits
his
ideas
and
the
spirit
of
his
age
through
the
mood
and
sense
of
space
he
creates
in
his
paintings.
Use
of a
cool
and
introverted
palette
of
blues,
light
beige,
browns
and
greens,
emphasizes
the
artist’s
focus
on
inviting
contemplation
and
thought,
and
causing
a
gradual
yet
long-lasting
effect
on
the
viewer.
In
choosing
the
objects
in
the
paintings,
he
has
followed
a
sense
of
quietness
inspired
by
traditional
and
Eastern
thought
and
his
perspective
into
each
of
those
objects,
using
his
complementary
Western
learning
to
create
his
signature
atmosphere
and
poetic
expression.
Mehdi
Hossein
was
born
in
1943
in
Kashan,
Iran.
He
lives
and
works
in
Tehran.
Following
his
graduation
in
Painting
from
Tehran
School
for
Fine
Arts
in
the
1960s,
he
continued
his
studies
at
Chicago
Institute
of
Art
gaining
a
graduate
degree
in
Painting
and
Printmaking,
and
a
post-graduate
degree
in
Painting
and
Printmaking
from
Pratt
Institute,
New
York.
During
the
past
fifty
years,
his
work
has
been
featured
in
more
than
30
solo
exhibitions
and
numerous
group
exhibitions
in
Iran,
the
United
States,
Europe,
Russia,
and
many
Middle-Eastern
countries.
Moreover,
he
has
been
a
member
of
the
selection
committees
in
many
biennials
and
large
group
shows.
Authoring
and
translating
numerous
books
and
articles,
he
has
been
an
academic
lecturer
and
instructor
for
many
years,
and
served
on
several
executive
positions
including
the
head
of
post-graduate
studies
and
the
dean
of
the
painting
department
at
Tehran
Art
University.
He
has
also
served
as
dissertation
advisor
and
thesis
supervisor
for
many
students
and
researchers
in
the
field
of
painting.
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