Ariana Plus Gallery in collaboration with Assar Art Gallery presents the latest sculptures by Mohammad-Hossein Emad titled Radius. Three years in the making, all 9 sculptures on display are made of wood and fiberglass.

In continuation of his intuitive creative practice, which is indirectly based on his ideology, Emad has once again laid emphasis on the contrast between full and empty, outside and inside, material and vacuum, lightness and darkness and the divergence between objects in general. This time, however, he seeks the source, which is unseen and lacks contrast unlike substance./// As implied by the title of the exhibition, Emad focuses on radius with a look on its Latin roots also meaning ray, and accentuates its physical and philosophical connotation and not its geometrical sense. He says: “Radius is a line segment from circle’s center to its parameter exactly like the ray of light that casts light on everything, therefore, ray of light is in harmony with circles’ radii.” In his opinion, humans are always in search of the source and this is how they quest for meaning. In order to discover the source, Emad creates his sculptures with his aesthetic language that resonates his philosophy. What all exhibited works have in common, is the activity of “void” again, which can be traced in his entire body of work from the past. Focusing and working on the architecture of the inside of the wood in a way to be able to control the light is the essence of his practice. In addition, the physical specifications of his viewers and the angle from which he wants them to view the work have great impact on the form and presentation of his sculptures.