27 December 2024 - 17 January 2025
Artist : Homayoun Salimi
In continuation of its curatorial activities, and on the occasion of a review of Homayoun Salimi’s works in the exhibition Towards Life, Didar Gallery turns its attention to the context of abstract art in Iran.
Abstract art in Iran began alongside modern artistic movements and continues to have its enthusiasts and followers.
The essays and interviews presented in this catalogue serve as markers of the ongoing presence of this tendency in Iran.
They were written over the course of thirty-eight years, from 1986 to the present, in various Iranian publications.
To obtain a copy of this catalogue, please contact Didar art gallery.
Abstract painting, according to some historians, as it is presented today, has its roots in 20th-century Europe. However, traces of this style can also be found in the works of European artists inclined towards “Eastern subjectivism”.
Homayoun Salimi has strived, through abstraction, to establish a systematic relationship between the culture of the past and the present environment in his works. He shifts the viewer's perspective from the surface to depth. In solitude and silence, Salimi has explored various shades of color, creating diverse and dynamic pieces. There is a kind of repetition of motifs in his works; repetition silences the mental dialogue and provides perceptions that are not possible in normal conditions.
Homayoun Salimi, by exploring multiple layers, seeks to find gems rather than place them. In fact, he extracts something, rather than leaving something.
