This catalogue was published on the occasion of the solo exhibition 'Now the Dove and the Leopard Wrestle at Five in the Afternoon' of Iranian artist Hesam Rahmanian at Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai from 14 January to 28 February 2013. 

Works featured in this exhibition comprise of collages of animals, people, and assorted objects using recycled paint scraped from dried out pots and palettes and portraits of world leaders, as viewed from behind.

'Rahmanian’s latest body of work shows the artist moving away from the illustrative direction of his last solo exhibition and towards a more process-oriented way of working. At the core of this development is his use of cast-off acrylic, scraped from dried-out paint pots and palettes. The artist has pasted cuts of this globulous mass onto paper to create a series of animals and gestural humanoid forms, often positioned in a self-consciously rigid wireframe environment.

Recurrent throughout this show is an investigation into how best to communicate a feeling or sensation in the simplest terms. Detail is minimal, but form and gesture are vital and vitalised.' - from gallery's website.

Includes artist biography.