Statement:

The 4rtgallery presents the exhibition "WHISPERS OF THE SPACE". A selection of paintings from different series produced by MORTEZA KHOSRAVI between 2022 and 2024.

In Morteza's works, the chosen subjects gracefully reveal and exhibit a vast range of human emotions. In this exhibition, each painting arises from a unique starting point. Some are inspired by living models, others thrive on photographs.///

These photographic scenes, whether they are reflections of intimate or socio-political events or fragments of films that enchanted the artist, all nourish a deep quest: that of painting and transmitting pure emotions.

The emotional impact of Morteza Khosravi's paintings emanates from a finely sculpted composition and a singular alchemy of colors and textures.

The traces and brush effects, imbued with blur and lightness, accentuate a contemplative introspection. With each line, he erases the boundaries between reality and dreams, inviting the viewer to get lost in the spaces between the lines, where dreams and memories meet.

The play of light and shadow also forms an essential symphony in the work of Morteza Khosravi.

The light, sometimes dazzling with decisive brushstrokes, sometimes veiled or aged for a diffuse and dreamlike atmosphere, is worked with such meticulousness that the painting seems to breathe. He scratches, removes, reinvents the surface of the canvas to instill this feeling of evanescence and mystery.

In Morteza Khosravi's painting, we can encounter historical moments engraved in time; However, these stories and themes serve above all to awaken a familiar resonance, a palpable atmosphere. Even without human figures, these paintings vibrate with the invisible presence of life.

The evocation of fading and fragility, the suspension and floating of images, weave a prelude to the passage of time and the impregnation of the story in a frozen scene.

Like a landscape glimpsed in a fleeting moment or a memory suddenly emerging, Morteza's paintings have a spectral and ephemeral quality. Light bathes each scene, blurring the boundaries to make the canvas airy and light, while the traces of the artist's gestures captivate and exalt.

At the heart of Morteza Khosravi's approach is a deep exploration of human emotion. Through his skill, his sensitivity to texture, light and color, he captures the subtle nuances of an atmosphere, imbuing his compositions with a gentle melancholy, a latent nostalgia or a soothing tranquility.

In this way, it reminds us of the profound beauty of moments of solitude and introspection.

Heliar Darabi & Thomas Gayet