Behrouz
Zindashti
Behrouz
Zindashti,
born
in
1978
in
Tehran,
is a
calligrapher,
painter,
ceramist,
and
university
lecturer.
He
is a
member
of
the
Institute
for
the
Development
of
Contemporary
Visual
Arts
and
the
Association
of
Pottery
Artists.
Zindashti
has
exhibited
his
work
in
numerous
local
and
international
group
and
solo
exhibitions
since
1983
and
has
participated
with
his
classical
calligraphy
and
paintings
in
London,
Vienna,
modern
and
contemporary
Middle
Eastern
art
in
Paris,
and
...
In
addition,
a
number
of
his
works
are
housed
in
the
Malaysian
Museum
of
Islamic
Arts.
Zindashti states
his
purpose
for
forming
this
collection
as
follows:
"My
goal
is
to
show
the
values
and
beauty
and
visual
and
conceptual
capacities
of
the
visual
and
written
culture
of
our
esteemed
past
Iranian
art.
I
have
used
numbers
and
figures
in
this
collection
of
works
in
abundance.
These
numbers
are
directly
related
to
the
universe
because
Aristotle
considers
numbers
as
the
source
and
essence
of
everything
and
the
manifestation
of
harmony
in
the
universe.
The
visual
treasure
and
heritage
of
Iranian
art
are
my
source
of
inspiration.
I
add
my
perceptions
and
visual
abilities
through
visual
study
and
direct
and
indirect
reference.
The
technique
of
this
work
is
the
direct
use
of
calligraphy
pen
and
ink
and
acrylic
on
canvas.
I
take
the
calligraphy
pen
directly
and
start
writing
on
the
canvas
in
different
colors.
This
method
has
a
long
history
in
our
art.
"The
number
of
works
in
this
collection
is
15,
presented
in
two
collections
entitled"
Arch
and
Body.
"
Kianoosh
Motaghedi wrote
under
the
pretext
of
the
exhibition
"From
the
Signs
of
the
World":
"The
works
presented
in
this
exhibition
follow
two
main
forms,
the
"arches"
and
the
"tunics"
(kaftan),
which
find
meaning
between
the
recycling
of
the
old
Iranian
visual
traditions
and
an
adapted
approach
to
the
achievements
of
the
Saqakhaneh
movement.
But
the
artist's
attempt
here
to
achieve
a
new
and
personal
language
has
forced
him
to
try,
in a
new
experience
with
symbolic
allusions,
the
possibility
of
giving
meaning
to
what
is
recorded
in
the
viewer's
historical
memory
from
a
new
perspective.
In
the
present
collection,
the
form
of
the
canvases
is
itself
a
clear
sign
of a
new
search
to
transform
the
two-dimensional
nature
of
the
painting
into
a
three-dimensional
volume,
and
the
artist's
concern
is
more
than
writing
a
legible
text
or a
repetitive
and
familiar
combination.
In
terms
of
style,
the
signs
and
elements
in
the
works
connect
the
aesthetics
of
architecture,
costume
design,
and
Iranian
calligraphy,
but
what
is
important
is
Zindashti's
new
approach
to
the
process
of
painting
with
script,
not
calligraphy;
Because
he
continues
to
write
with
a
reed
pen,
but
the
result
of
his
work
is
merely
painting,
and
this
is
where
the
free
and
free
payment
method
and
expressive
filling
of
his
pen
embraces
the
geometric
order
in
letters
and
words,
and
the
painter
oscillates
between
being
and
non-being."
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