Mehdi Ghadyanloo 🇮🇷 Mural Painter • Iran • Art For Sale

[Gard]

MIRAGE OF REDEMPTION

A breathtaking new exhibition “Mirage of Redemption” by Mehdi Ghadyanloo will make its exclusive debut at Galleri GEO in Norway. The 20 piece series is inspired by human life, and traverses both history and race. The exhibition seeks to uncover the truth of hope, through Ghadyanloo's unique lens and technique. Known for combining minimal architectural spaces with surreal scenes, Ghadyanloo is a visionary and proponent of possibility following his contemporary artwork in Tehran.

In this unprecedented exhibition, which features 10 pieces of canvas and 10 resin works - the theme of redemption is explored. Freedom of redemption has always been desired. However, pursuit of the ancient desire can manifest into human tragedy. The catastrophic destiny of mankind – often written before time, embedded in a game and seemingly lost from the beginning – can translate as a myth of failure. The subsequent mirage of happiness presents a reading of human condition which seeks to find out - when on the precipice of destiny, where do we stand with all of our hopes and effort.

BIO :
Mehdi Ghadyanloo was born in 1981 and is a prolific painter and illustrator from Iran. With over 14 years experience, he is known for creating groundbreaking wall paintings. Studying both painting and animation, Ghadyanloo has produced more than a hundred murals in Iran. Using two specific techniques for the show, the canvas pieces were primarily sketched on paper, then recreated by specific software which studies light and form. Artwork is then translated onto canvas with acrylic and oils. Ghadyanloo’s resin pieces are photographs that have been suspended in resin after an intricate process of printing, painting and slicing.

For all inquiries contact Galleri GEO

[probored]

Looks great!

[Gard]

Detail of one of the pieces that will be shown. 

[Gard]

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[Collection 1]

Good luck with the show!!Didn't know this artist before but looks great!!

[Gard]

Thank you GP!

A great write up by Moustache Magazine
www.moustachemagazine.com/2014/08/what-redemption-means-for-mehdi-ghadyanloo/

Here's the first resin piece framed. 

[banks1986]

great work - really like this artist's murals!!!

[y0y0]

Respect! Mehdi's work is really great!

[Gard]

Had a lot of fun with Mehdi today, looking forward to the opening tomorrow

[johnnyh]

Thx Gard like JP never heard of before but looks like stunning work.

Looks a great show
Cheers

[Gard]

You might recognize his outside work in Teheran.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/28/mehdi-ghadyanloo_n_5399206.html

[Sohoria]

Really love this most have taken a long time to do but results look amazing.

[Gard]

Updated

[gletak]

They look good. Glwts

[vacano]

Mehdi Ghadyanloo is a visual artist from Tehran, Iran. Born in Karaj, Iran in 1981, Ghadyanloo worked as a farmer before moving to Tehran in 1999 to study Painting at the University of Tehran’s faculty of Fine Arts. After studying painting for three years, Ghadyanloo went on to study for an MA in Animation at Tarbiat Modares University. Combining these two disciplines with his own unique style, Ghadyanloo went on to become one of the most famous street artists in Iran, painting more than 100 wall murals in Tehran.



Mehdi Ghadyanloo's solo exhibition will open at Howard Griffin Gallery's London location on February 26th, 2015.


Screenprint
 available 12pm (GMT) 19 February 2015
:

Exploration of Sadness Gravity

Published by Howard Griffin Prints

68.2 x 68.2cm

Signed and numbered

Edition of 25

2015



£180

[tartarus]

On 26th February 2015, Howard Griffin Gallery (London) will present an exhibition and installation by Mehdi Ghadyanloo. Entitled Perception the exhibition will explore this concept on multiple levels to understand both Ghadyanloo's work as well as the sociopolitical context of his practice.

Mehdi Ghadyanloo is a visual artist from Tehran, Iran. For the past eight years, Ghadyanloo has been involved in the Beautification Bureau of Tehran’s municipality which is devoted to the promotion of mural arts in the city. A city that has been politically and economically isolated by Western powers for decades, Tehran is largely closed to international visitors. Known primarily through the lens of war, sanctions and embargoes, most Westerners would assume that mural art in Iran's capital is very limited in its scope. Subverting this notion, since 2004 Tehran's Beautification Bureau has supported the painting of 800 murals, more than 100 of which have been painted by Ghadyanloo.

Ghadyanloo's murals are part of the fabric of the city. Their expansive scale and central location dominate the visual landscape of contemporary Tehran, a metropolis that is ranked 82 among the 1099 worst-polluted cities in the world, according to the latest World Health Organization census. For Ghadyanloo, the purpose of street art is to 'beautify' this grey and polluted city. Through the use of optical illusion, he portrays impossible scenes and gravity defying figures from radically altered perspectives. His escapist, surreal imagery aims to project an image of a utopia on the walls of the city, bending reality to provide a shared public space for dreaming.

Ghadyanloo's work offers an insight into the everyday lived experience of Iranians. Ghadyanloo encapsulates a sense of suspension in the life experience of most Iranianswhose lives are dictated by outside forces and their future always uncertain.

This characteristic is all the more palpable in Ghadyanloo's paintings on canvas which draw out a different, far darker side to his practice. Empty landscapes and architectural forms are painted in a somber, muted palette and inhabited by floating objects that cast a menacing shadow on the people depicted beneath them. Impersonal machines and geometric forms dominate, creating a sense of unease. An expression of a failed utopia is perceived through the minimalism of these works; simplicity obscures a more complex exploration of the concept of time and space, preventing us from both remembering the past and envisioning the future.

Ghadyanloo takes us to the heart of a country that is often misunderstood and misinterpreted. He makes us aware of a human condition that could be both universal and unique to post-revolutionary Iran. In a society in which the bounds of acceptable discourse are severely limited by the state, Ghadyanloo's work provides an insight into an impenetrable Iran, revealing a struggle and a desire for expression. Above all, his works carry through to a wider exploration of the human condition and life – universal themes of hope, anticipation, loss, and sadness abound in his work.

Perception will feature original works and a sculptural installation exploring the concept of time and space through perspectival illusion. Howard Griffin Gallery has invited Ghadyanloo to paint on the streets of Central London in addition to exhibiting inside the Gallery. It will be the first time the artist has painted murals outside of Tehran. Ghadyanloo's practice will be analysed through an accompanying publication that will include essays and interviews by the curator and leading scholars on Iranian art.

[maxf]

He's also a really nice guy!

[Black Apple Art]

Amazing work.. really love his thought and execution

[commissioner]

The guys/gals at Howard Griffin are fantastic... was lucky enough to see Mehdi Ghadyanloo and his pregnant other half working on the mural... should be an interesting show

[Dungle]

Interesting show this one. Agree with commissioner that HG are a great crowd.

His 2 pieces that I've seen to date in London:-





I understand he was doing another at the weekend and has a large wall Saaath of the river planned.

There are a couple of great canvases in the show, and I'd agree Medhi is a very nice chap.

[dotdot]

stumbled acorss the talented one on inst a while back.

some arresting images... the uk has no such vision - sadly it's blandsvile arizona here as mobstr so kindly points out on occasion.

good to see him in the uk - bringing his ideas with him.

[Gard]

Mehdi is a great artist. I did his first exhibition at my old gallery last year and been close friends with him ever since. He has been keeping me up to date on this show and it looks amazing. Can't wait to get over and see it. 

[eschiff]

The show looks great from what i saw the other day.  Howard Griffin gallery consistently hosting interesting artist and putting on good shows, refreshing to see.  Think their last three shows were Delgado, Run and now Mehdi and all have transformed the gallery.   

[Dungle]

Feb 16, 2015 18:07:14 GMT 1 eschiff said:

The show looks great from what i saw the other day.  Howard Griffin gallery consistently hosting interesting artist and putting on good shows, refreshing to see.  Think their last three shows were Delgado, Run and now Mehdi and all have transformed the gallery.   

With some Phlegm and Noir in the mix too.

[eschiff]

Yeah how could i forgot the phlegm show, that was great

[commissioner]

For your consideration: link

[tartarus]

Feb 16, 2015 17:59:15 GMT 1 Gard said:

Mehdi is a great artist. I did his first exhibition at my old gallery last year and been close friends with him ever since. He has been keeping me up to date on this show and it looks amazing. Can't wait to get over and see it. 

Do you have a link to pics? Would love to have at look at what was in your show. 

[Gard]

Feb 18, 2015 0:28:56 GMT 1 tartarus said:

Feb 16, 2015 17:59:15 GMT 1 Gard said:

Mehdi is a great artist. I did his first exhibition at my old gallery last year and been close friends with him ever since. He has been keeping me up to date on this show and it looks amazing. Can't wait to get over and see it. 

Do you have a link to pics? Would love to have at look at what was in your show. 

arrestedmotion.com/2014/09/openings-mehdi-ghadyanloo-mirage-of-redemption-galleri-geo/

[Gard]

Anyone know of a cheap, but ok, place to stay for a night close to the gallery?

[eschiff]

not sure about cheap, but the hoxton hotel is right around the corner...sometimes has rooms for around 80 quid during the week.  Nice rooms and great bar.