Random thoughts
Paintings
By Reza Kassai
April 8, 2004
iranian.com
"Random Thoughts" is an ongoing life
project that takes different directions with the flow of time.
My images come from all I see in the world around me, from daily
observation. I am particularly interested in the ways in which
technology affects our lives for good and for ill. Though my subject
matter is continually evolving, what remains constant in "Random
Thoughts" is my interest in human emotion in everyday events.
I aim to communicate in a universal language by challenging
myself to express the image in its simplest form. For example a
circle with a single dot in the middle represents a face.
By juxtaposing
humor, tragedy, fantasy, illusions, and dream-images with social
and political allusions, I hope to remind the viewer
of the passage of time, and how trendy philosophies are not in
harmony with lasting values. My present work involves whimsical
and child-like stick-figure drawings incorporated with words and
writings in different languages; this iconography records my feelings
about the overlap and layering of archetypal subjects, like primitive
languages or cave drawings, and fad contemporary culture. All images
are acrylic and mixed media on canvas.
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Life of an immigrant (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
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