11 Aug - 25 Aug, 2023
Statement:
Janet Rady Fine Art presents a viewing room of works, some newly created, by the contemporary Iranian visual artist Shahram Karimi.
The artist excels at bringing to the fore the dilemma of the contemporary bicultural Iranian who endeavours to discover their historical and personal identity, by wedding their personal past with a contemporary form. The works in this viewing room will be available to view from Friday 11th to Friday 25th of August 2023.///
Karimi's aspirations are at once rooted in his personal cultural history such as the traditional Persian Miniature paintings, his subsequent life in exile and exposure to the history of abstract, minimal and conceptual art of the West.
Shirin Neshat On the Works of Shahram Karimi
In an era when Globalism has become an integral aspect of the post modern man’s experience, the Iranian born artist, Shahram Karimi, living in Germany, truly represents such trans-cultural currents and realties in the context of contemporary art.
His aspirations are at once rooted in his personal cultural history such as the traditional Persian Miniature paintings, his subsequent life in exile and exposure to the history of abstract, minimal and conceptual art of the West.
Karimi has arrived at a unique form which combines both aspects of seemingly diverse cultures in an artistic language which transcends the boundaries of such localities. Karimi’s paintings follow the same principals as those of classical Persian Miniature paintings, mainly in respect to the absence of perspective.
The use of narrative elements and inscription of text over imagery and his minimal abstractions of visual iconography bind him to Western art. Poetry plays a major role in Karimi’s creative vocabulary.
He expands on the rich tradition of poetry which has been recognized as the most vital aspect of Iranian culture. As a poet, in an unprecedented way, he incorporates verbal and visual metaphors in parallel forms to provoke and express distinct emotions.
