This catalogue was published on the occasion of Farshid Maleki's exhibition '(No) Improvisation' at B21 Gallery, Dubai from 22 June to 23 July 2009.
'The faculties of imagination and emotion are more important to Maleki than that of mere sight. Maleki's radical style is not defined by content but by the ritualistic act of drawing itself, as if urgently executed in a continuous fit of impulsive scribble.
This seemingly unedited free flowing spontaneous style is just like the thought process, delving into a subconscious memory that taps into the primal and daily issues. The result is a world of imagination, where colours and shapes hint at recognizable forms but spin off into wild abstractions of line and layering, eluding definition.
From the hand of a man well into his sixties, the drawings are characterized by simplified, irregular shapes rendered in a vivid array of magic markers, lending a sense of instability but instilling a palpable vitality.' - from Isabelle van den Eynde's essay.
Includes artist biography.
'The faculties of imagination and emotion are more important to Maleki than that of mere sight. Maleki's radical style is not defined by content but by the ritualistic act of drawing itself, as if urgently executed in a continuous fit of impulsive scribble.
This seemingly unedited free flowing spontaneous style is just like the thought process, delving into a subconscious memory that taps into the primal and daily issues. The result is a world of imagination, where colours and shapes hint at recognizable forms but spin off into wild abstractions of line and layering, eluding definition.
From the hand of a man well into his sixties, the drawings are characterized by simplified, irregular shapes rendered in a vivid array of magic markers, lending a sense of instability but instilling a palpable vitality.' - from Isabelle van den Eynde's essay.
Includes artist biography.
Access level
Onsite
Location code
MON.MAF4
Language
English
Keyword
Publication/Creation date
2009
No of pages
16
ISBN / ISSN
Nil
No of copies
1
Content type
artist monograph,
catalogue
Chapter headings
(No) Improvisation - Isabelle VAN DEN EYNDE
Farshid Maleki: (No) Improvisation
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