Mahmoud Saleh Mohammadi (Iran, Tehran, 1979)Alef,... Lot n° 10

Mahmoud Saleh Mohammadi is a multidisciplinary artist. Today he lives between Milan and Antwerp. In a series of online interviews, Mohammadi has explained his artistic vision and the main elements of his practice. An essential role is played by colours and, above all, by the light, which is considered as important as a spiritual element. In his work he also pours his interest in philosophy, poetry, Sufism, human history and Oriental traditions.By juxtaposing oriental carpets with recycled material found in a western city, the artist creates a sort of union, a dialogue between two very different worlds, which perhaps in the end are not even so different, since the human beings with their strengths and weaknesses are always at the centre of all aspects of life. On ‘Alef’, Mohammadi has applied gold foils in the shape of letters of the Persian alphabet, which mutate into abstract forms. He recalls the ancient Japanese technique of kintsugi, the practice of fixing broken objects by using melted gold and by doing so, making the resulting vessel even more precious. The idea of using golden letters/abstract forms on the carpets suggests the possibility of finding a middle point between past and present and tradition and modernity. Provenance: the artist.