Salar Ahmadian

The works incorporate colours which refer to ideas of happiness, vitality and energy. Their vibrant colouring is just as strong as the movement each professes, while their imaginary abstract forms recall the shape of a colourful Iranian carpet or the country’s wild eternal gardens. Their lurid shapes nevertheless push beyond specific Persian references that were more relevant in Ahmadian’s previous work whereby he relied more heavily on the symbolism of Persian miniatures and traditional Iranian culture. He now embraces the contemporary present.