Iranian artist transforms calligraphy into kinetic paintings
STORY: Location: New York
Iranian painter Golnaz Fathi’s works
incorporate calligraphy into bold sweeping scenes
in which she explores her relationship
to home and the world at large
(Golnaz Fathi)
“You know, we call my generation ourselves, all of our friends, the same age as mine, we are ‘burnt generation.' We saw the worst years. You know, we have seen war. We have seen the difficult years after the war. You know, sometimes you lose things, but instead you gain other things.”
Fathi’s show is titled “The Road Forward”
Some pieces center on the mountain
ranges surrounding Tehran
She creates her landscapes from
thousands of inscribed marks
“I have this enormous love for writing, for calligraphy, and I always have seen writing, no matter in which language - Chinese, Japanese - as visual figures. Understanding the meaning, it’s the last thing I want to know. I'm fascinated by the form.”
