In many exhibitions I presented interactive videos of my river art. In these works the audience can change the arrangement of scenes and create a new meaning. With the aid of modern technology and by creating of a virtual river on the internet, I try to keep alive the memory of a lost heaven One […]
This multimedia work by Nadalian show a virtual representation and personal interpretation of Nuclear energy. Views: 0
The video Installation of my river art works in nature have been presented in many national and international biennials. In June 2003, the photos and video Installation of my River Art project was presented at the 50th Venice Biennale. In addition, some pictures on the wall of video works projected from the ceiling of a […]
The first film that Ahmad Nadalian filmed with handheld video is from 1977. He was not aware of the art of video at the time. After returning from Europe and at the same time doing river art project, Ahmad Nadalian’s began making video art. The first videos in terms of content and shape are related […]
When Ahmad Nadalian was a student at the Faculty of Fine Arts, he has been creating a multimedia art with simple facilities. A few days before the undergraduate painting in the amphitheater of the Faculty of Fine Arts, slides from different regions of Iran were displayed on three screens. At the same time, the music […]
Another experience is collaborative work with itinerant ironworkers. I collected rusty iron with paint peeling off by the river and I asked the blacksmiths to shape them as I wanted. I was there as a pupil and in some stages I shaped the iron into human figures. I experienced tempering. The Tempered People are solid […]
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 […]
The collaborative art project with animals that I called “Salt Sculpture” was very exciting. I installed salt rocks in a farm with animals. Goats, sheep and lambs had a strong desire to lick those salt rocks. Their licks created dimples on the salt. I was looking to get primitive visages out of these salt rocks. […]
Paradise Art Center in Tehran is a permanent gallery of environmental artist Ahmad Nadalian. Many of my artworks and documents of Ahmad Nadalian’s journeys can be seen in the Paradise Art Center in Tehran. This place is a permanent studio and gallery that displays some of his works in the east of Tehran. When he […]
Paradise Art Gallery also have a gallery in Qeshm city and Laft costal village in Qeshm Island showing the artworks of women and the collaborative project of Ahmad Nadalian with local community. Over the many years he has taught painting to the women of the island. The interaction is rich and he hope to provide […]