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Ahmad Nadalian’s projects in southern Iran—particularly on the islands of Qeshm and Hormuz—are among the most profound examples of community-based and feminist art in contemporary Iranian practice. In one of these series, he collected the burnt and worn trousers of southern women, garments traditionally decorated with golâbatun embroidery, and transformed them into a group of […]
In the first years of my life in Hormuz Island, I fried my whole being with red soil many times. My intention since my first trip to Hormuz Island was to reveal its value while using this soil in works of art. These words gradually found symbolic and social concepts. Once, I walked, shopped and […]
In 2008 when I was living in the nature of Hormoz Island, I used red soil to draw on bones and corals. My goal was ecological and natural behavior to create an artistic work without using natural materials. Views: 1
For the art work “Imagination in Colors” I created a colorful background for the imaginative work of the students of faculty of Art in Shahed University. I asked my students to buy different colors. I spilled the paint freely on the floor. My intention was to create a work space. I asked my students to […]
The collection of paintings named “Wounded Mother Earth”, by Ahmad Nadalian, is an metaphor of virgin nature that is being destroyed. In all primitive cultures there is a relationship between mother and earth. Wound of Earth is associated with female wound. These works routed in my carving and sculptures. Living in Hormuz and being in […]
During my travels around the world I often use red Soil of Hormoz Island and I make my designs on the face of girls. One of the concepts of this collection is the eating of the forbidden fruit. Which fruit is forbidden? Why was it eaten? When artists from different culture visualize their myths and […]
In my painting I use my personal design on a base similar to patchwork. In these paintings I use live colors and the elaborate patterns of traditional trousers. The art that I love is interactive. I love the influence and I am inspired by it. In this way my art and the community that I […]
Many of Ahmad Nadalian’s paintings are symbolic. Women are metaphorical elements of nature. Mother Earth, Mother Sea are among the items often seen in his paintings. Views: 6