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Mojtaba
Tajik
For
those
who
are
not
familiar
with
Mojtaba
Tajik’s
background
as a
painter,
I
only
point
out
the
fact
that
he
entered
this
realm
from
photography.
In
his
work,
significance
of
photography
is
more
than
just
a
realistic
technique.
From
the
beginning,
he
was
aware
of
the
importance
of
composition
in
creating
images
and
tied
a
major
part
of
his
visual
approach
to
restrained
painted
frames
and
the
objects
that
were
somehow
trapped
in
them.
Mojtaba
tajik
is
of
the
few
contemporary
artists
who
has
denoted
his
artistic
identity
by
recounting
the
visual
memory
of
the
middle
class.
In
his
earlier
paintings,
the
stack
of
small
and
constricted
boxes
along
with
the
objects
they
held,
narrated
symbolic
stories
of
this
class:
solitude,
isolation,
trapped
paper
rockets,
burnt
flights
and
small
and
familiar
objects
that
flew
past
our
eyes
and
landed
in
the
absolute
darkness
of
the
boxes.
His
recent
series
displayed
in
this
exhibition,
however,
could
be
considered
as a
clear
conversion
from
his
familiar
world.
In
his
new
choice
of
objects
-
limited
to
clothes
hung
from
hangers
-
the
objects
have
fled
the
darkness
of
boxes
and
sat
on
wide
and
lit
but
concrete
and
cold
backgrounds.
Does
this
new
approach
imply
the
fact
that
Tajik
has
convinced
himself
to
leave
his
familiar
tight
frames
and
move
out
to
the
cold
but
exposed
outside
world?
Or
maybe
this
dislocation
only
explains
how
he
extends
his
personal
limitations
to
the
free
world
outside?
I
leave
it
up
to
the
smart
audience
of
this
exhibition
to
make
a
decision.
But
I,
personally,
rather
stand
in
front
of
these
paintings
and
fantasize.
As
if
some
kind
of
music
is
heard
from
behind
the
clothes
and
the
walls.
A
kind
of
music
that
is
soft
but
not
sad,
inviting
you
to
put
on
your
clothes
and
get
ready,
as
if a
party
is
to
begin…
Kourosh
Safinia
Fall
2017
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