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The FotoLoft Gallery has the honour to introduce the personal exhibition of the Iranian photographer Mohammadreza Mirzaei "Humans".18 photographs are like little splinters of the large human's life. The black figures without past, present and future. They are like illustrations to Neitzsche's idea about desertion of man in the World, desertion and solitude. The whole tragedy is that seeming graphic pictures are in fact photographs, that means they reflect our life.
It is thought that it was Michael Kenna who the most laconically expressed his opinion about the work of Mohammadreza:
Mohammadreza Mirzaei photographs with precision and dispassion. Setting up his camera at a distance, he sees and records anonymous people,
“humans”, making cameo appearances, alone or in groups, frozen against backdrops of expansive and empty white skies.
"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances...”
William Shakespeare. As You Like It.
We can view Mr. Mirzaei’s photographs literally, as pure documents of time passing in a specific place at various given moments. Life goes on,
people come and go, interact, continue on their separate ways, and the land and sky always remain. Or, we can look a little deeper and interpret the images allegorically, as a comment or exploration of the nature of our human condition. Mr. Mirzaei, with reserved sensibility, kindly provides us
with an opportunity to quietly reflect and consider the reasons for our existence.
It is a worthy subject to ponder, and this is a worthy group of photographs.
Thank you Mr. Mirzaei.
The official opening of the exhibition will be on December 10 at 8 p.m.
The exposition will work until January 31.
For futher information and accreditation, please contact Julia Polevaya at email jpolevaya@fotoloft.tu
or by phone: +7 (495) 987 3874, +7 (903) 777 4222
About the artist:
Mohammadreza Mirzaei (b. 1986) is a photographer born and based in Tehran.
Solo Exhibitions
The empty Quarter Gallery (Dubai, UAE) 2009
Seyhoun Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran) 2008
The Marmara Cafe Gallery (Istanbul, Turkey) 2007
Seyhoun Art Gallery (Tehran, Iran) 2007
Selected Group Exhibitions
Dunedin Public Art Gallery (Dunedin, New Zealand) 2009
Whangarei Art Museum (Whangarei, New Zeland) 2009
Saba Cultural and Artistic Center (Tehran, Iran) 2009
Mall Galeries (London, UK) 2008
Lopdell House (Auckland, New Zealand) 2008
Centro Cultural Candiani (Veniece, Italy) 2007
Gold Coast City Art Gallery (Queensland, Australia) 2006
Tehran Gallery (Tehran, Iran) 2006
Award
First Prize / the Third Photo Fest of Art University (Tehran, Iran) 2008
Gli Incontri (Napoli, Italy) coming soon
Private Collection
Silk road Gallery (Tehran, Iran)
Press
The National Newspaper, June 2009, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Shahr Ara, June 2009, Mashhad, Iran
Farhikhtegan, June 2009, Tehran, Iran
Tandis, January 2009, Tehran, Iran
Tak Tus, October 2009, Mashhad, Iran
Aks, June 2007, Tehran, Iran
Gallery, April 2007, Kiev, Ukraine
Craetive Photography, Spring 2007, Tehran, Iran
Aksname, Winter 2007, Tehran, Iran
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