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Hossein Khosrojerdi
Description
- Hossein Khosrojerdi
- Conflict and Balance
- signed in Farsi and dated 2014
- oil and pastel on canvas
- 147.5 by 252cm.; 58 by 99 1/8 in.
Provenance
Condition
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Catalogue Note
This particular work, executed in 2014 best typifies the artist's new series, with its rhythmic patterns and linear complexity. A colour scheme of reposing tonalities from white to dark greys, it has a spiritual balance that belies the turbulent life of its creator. Having sold successfully in the Middle East, Khosrojerdi makes a long-awaited debut on the international platform.
"My mind steers through a jumble of knotted lines, seeking its fantasy where it takes me. Perhaps I inflict on these lines what has come to pass in my own life, making them alive, letting them find their own direction. I risk letting the volatility of these geometric gestures move away from pure drawing, but they go exactly to a place where they inadvertently connect geometry, architecture, three-dimensionality and draughstmanship."
Hossein Khosrojerdi