Exhibited in second floor

I don’t know why the artist has titled this collection “The Mountain, Is the Mountain”. But in contrary to what it may seem, these paintings are not mountains. Because if they were, there was no excitement in seeing them. These are the symbolic definition of a mountain, the eternal remembrance of impotence in humans, the projection of human loneliness and fragility compared to stones and the Gods resting on them. Mostafa Farajabadi’s mountain is also like this, his work is not concerning geography or topography or the diagram of the mountain. Having said that; one of his paintings reminds me of the picture that Walter Mittleholzer, the Swiss photographer took form Damavand. However, Farajabadi has made a symbolic representation. The ethereal mountain which captivated Zahhak, the well that devours the sun. Mountain is a division between the lands; a remark on the isolation of nomads. Confronting these illustrations makes us feel the immensity of a mountain and therefore the glory of this monstrosity covered in snow. – Shahrouz Nazari