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مهدی حسینی
خلوت آبی
۱۴ آذر تا ۱۲ دی ۱۳۹۹
گالری آریانا پلاس
گالری آریانا پلاس آخرین نقاشی های مهدی حسینی را با عنوان «خلوت آبی» نمایش می دهد. ۱۵ اثر به نمایش در آمده دراین نمایشگاه که برخی اکریلیک روی بوم و برخی دیگر اکریلیک روی مقوا هستند، همه در یک سال اخیر خلق شده اند.
فضاهای خلوت و متعامل و همچنین اندیشه ی شرقی که در آن کوچک زیبا است و خلوت، پر، از دغدغه های همیشگی مهدی حسینی بوده که تبلور آن در کنار آموزه های غربی او در نقاشی هایش مشهود و قابل ردیابی بوده و هست. در کنار ترکیب عناصر و فضاهای نقاشانه ی او و البته پالت رنگی منتخبش، آن چه امضای هنرمندانه ی او به شمار می رود، انتقال معنا از ورای همین زبان نقاشانه است که به گونه ای بسیار تغزلی، هنرمندانه و در عین حال اندیشمندانه به مخاطب صورت می پذیرد.
از دیگر ویژگی های نقاشی های مهدی حسینی، به کارگیری هندسه ی شرقی در فضاهای خلوتش است. او که متاثر از مکتب هرات می-اندیشد و نقاشی می کند، بر اهمیت تاثیر متقابل اجزای تصویر بر یکدیگر به خوبی واقف است و آن ها را به گونه ای در کادرهای تصویریش می نشاند که بر لحن معاصرش تاکید ورزند. او همچنین با قرار دادن خط افق در کادرهایش که موجب می شود نقاشی هایش در عین حال که مسطح به نظر می رسند دارای پرسپکتیو هم باشند، خصلتی تصویری به آن ها می بخشد که در ترکیب کلی، زبان و لهجه ی بیان تصویرش را به شدت معاصر می کند. علاوه بر آن، اجرای عناصر تصویری با ترکیب بندی های منسجم که بر اساس دایره شکل گرفته اند، هندسه ای را وارد کار او می کند که به همراه خصایص تصویر معاصر، به آن ها فضا می بخشد. به عبارتی دیگر، همان طور که در مکتب هرات از سطوح و هندسه استفاده می کردند تا نگارگریشان را تبدیل به فضایی تصویری کنند، مهدی حسینی نیز اندیشه و احساس زمانه ی خود را از طریق فضایی که می آفریند به مخاطبش منتقل می کند.
انتخاب پالت رنگی سرد و درونگرا که متشکل از آبی ها، نخودی ها، قهوه ای ها و سبزها هستند نیز همچون سایر نشانه های تصویری آثار مهدی حسینی، مخاطب را به اندیشیدن و تأمل وا می دارد و موجب می شود او در خود فرو رفته و به آرامی و به دور از هیجان تحت تاثیری پایدار قرار گیرد.
در انتخاب اشیاء نیز او همواره تلاش می کند خلوتی را که متاثر از تفکر سنتی و اندیشه های شرقی اش در هر شیء می بیند با کمک آموزه های آکادمیک غربیش تبدیل به یک فضا کرده و بیانی شاعرانه به آن ببخشد.
مهدی حسینی در سال ۱۳۲۲ در کاشان متولد شد و هم اکنون در تهران کار و زندگی می کند. او دردهه ی چهل شمسی موفق به اخذ دیپلم از هنرستان هنرهاي زيباي پسران تهران در رشته نقاشي، دریافت مدرک کارشناسی از انستيتو هنر شيكاگو در رشته ی نقاشي و هنرهاي چاپي و همچنین مدرک کارشناسی ارشد از انستيتو پرات نيويورك در رشته نقاشي و هنرهاي چاپي شده است. او در نزدیک به پنجاه سال گذشته بیش از ۳۰ نمایش انفرادی برگزار کرده و در تعداد بسیاری نمایش گروهی در ایران، ایالات متحده ی امریکا، کشورهای اروپایی، روسیه و کشورهای منطقه خاورمیانه شرکت کرده است. وی همچنین داوری و دبیری بسیاری از دو سالانه ها و نمایش های گروهی بزرگ را عهده دار بوده و مقالات و کتاب های بی شماری را تالیف و ترجمه کرده و به چاپ رسانده است. وی همچنین طی سالیان، سمت های اجرایی بسیاری از جمله ریاست بخش تحصیلات تکمیلی و گروه نقاشی دانشگاه هنر تهران را عهده دار بوده است. او که همچنین از اساتید به نام کشور در حوزه ی نقاشی است تا کنون راهنمایی و مشاوره رسالات بسیاری را در مقاطع کارشناسی ارشد و دکتری بر عهده داشته است.
Mehdi Hosseini
Silent Blue
December 4, 2020 to January 1, 2021
Ariana Plus Gallery
Ariana Plus announces the exhibition of Mehdi Hosseini’s most recent series of paintings titled “Silent Blue”. The fifteen acrylic-on-canvas and acrylic-on-paper paintings in the exhibition have all been created within the recent year.
Quiet and passive spaces, and the Eastern idea that the smaller is more beautiful and the emptier is fuller, are themes found in Mehdi Hosseini’s work, and the representation of such ideas, along with a level of influence from Western styles, have been prominent in his paintings. In addition to his painterly compositions and mood-setting, and of course his characteristic palette, his artistic signature is best seen in the way he transforms his painterly language into a lyrical expression that connotes a sense of artistic mastery as well as an intellectual subtext.
Another aspect of Mehdi Hosseini’s paintings is his use of Eastern geometry in his quiet settings. Inspired by the ideology and practice of the Herat School, he takes the emphasis on the mutual interactions of visual elements in a painting into his compositions to translate them into his contemporary tone. By using horizon lines, the paintings, while remaining quite flat, appear to imply a certain sense of perspective, giving the pieces a contemporary quality in their general composition, expressive language and tone. Moreover, the style of painting and the consistent compositions of each elements based on circular forms, adds a certain type of geometry to the picture which itself builds on the contemporary imagery to create dimensionality and a sense of space. In other words, as surfaces and geometry were used in the Herat School to enhance works of Miniature Painting and create a mood through their imagery and visual language, Mehdi Hosseini transmits his ideas and the spirit of his age through the mood and sense of space he creates in his paintings.
Use of a cool and introverted palette of blues, light beige, browns and greens, emphasizes the artist’s focus on inviting contemplation and thought, and causing a gradual yet long-lasting effect on the viewer.
In choosing the objects in the paintings, he has followed a sense of quietness inspired by traditional and Eastern thought and his perspective into each of those objects, using his complementary Western learning to create his signature atmosphere and poetic expression.
Mehdi Hossein was born in 1943 in Kashan, Iran. He lives and works in Tehran. Following his graduation in Painting from Tehran School for Fine Arts in the 1960s, he continued his studies at Chicago Institute of Art gaining a graduate degree in Painting and Printmaking, and a post-graduate degree in Painting and Printmaking from Pratt Institute, New York. During the past fifty years, his work has been featured in more than 30 solo exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions in Iran, the United States, Europe, Russia, and many Middle-Eastern countries. Moreover, he has been a member of the selection committees in many biennials and large group shows. Authoring and translating numerous books and articles, he has been an academic lecturer and instructor for many years, and served on several executive positions including the head of post-graduate studies and the dean of the painting department at Tehran Art University. He has also served as dissertation advisor and thesis supervisor for many students and researchers in the field of painting.
نمایشگاه آثار" مهدی حسینی " با عنوان " خلوت آبی " آذر و دی 1399 گالری آریانا پلاس
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Overview and HistoryTehran is the capital of Iran and the largest city in the Middle East, with a population of fifteen million people living under the peaks of the Alborz mountain range.Although archaeological evidence places human activity around Tehran back into the years 6000BC, the city was not mentioned in any writings until much later, in the thirteenth century. It's a relatively new city by Iranian standards.But Tehran was a well-known village in the ninth century. It grew rapidly when its neighboring city, Rhages, was destroyed by Mongolian raiders. Many people fled to Tehran.In the seventeenth century Tehran became home to the rulers of the Safavid Dynasty. This is the period when the wall around the city was first constructed. Tehran became the capital of Iran in 1795 and amazingly fast growth followed over the next two hundred years.The recent history of Tehran saw construction of apartment complexes and wide avenues in place of the old Persian gardens, to the detriment of the city's cultural history.The city at present is laid out in two general parts. Northern Tehran is more cosmopolitan and expensive, southern Tehran is cheaper and gets the name "downtown."Getting ThereMehrabad airport is the original one which is currently in the process of being replaced by Imam Khomeini International Airport. The new one is farther away from the city but it now receives all the international traffic, so allow an extra hour to get there or back.TransportationTehran driving can be a wild free-for-all like some South American cities, so get ready for shared taxis, confusing bus routes and a brand new shiny metro system to make it all better. To be fair, there is a great highway system here.The metro has four lines, tickets cost 2000IR, and they have segregated cars. The women-only carriages are the last two at the end, FYI.Taxis come in two flavors, shared and private. Private taxis are more expensive but easier to manage for the visiting traveler. Tehran has a mean rush hour starting at seven AM and lasting until 8PM in its evening version. Solution? Motorcycle taxis! They cut through the traffic and any spare nerves you might have left.People and CultureMore than sixty percent of Tehranis were born outside of the city, making it as ethnically and linguistically diverse as the country itself. Tehran is the most secular and liberal city in Iran and as such it attracts students from all over the country.Things to do, RecommendationsTake the metro to the Tehran Bazaar at the stop "Panzda Gordad". There you can find anything and everything -- shoes, clothes, food, gold, machines and more. Just for the sight of it alone you should take a trip there.If you like being outside, go to Darband and drink tea in a traditional setting. Tehranis love a good picnic and there are plenty of parks to enjoy. Try Mellat park on a friday (fridays are public holidays), or maybe Park Daneshjou, Saaii or Jamshidieh.Remember to go upstairs and have a look around, always always always! The Azadi Tower should fit the bill; it was constructed to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the Persian Empire.Tehran is also full of museums such as:the Contemporary Art Museumthe Abghine Musuem (glass works)the 19th century Golestan Royal Palace museumthe museum of carpets (!!!)Reza Abbasi Museum of extraordinary miniaturesand most stunning of all,the Crown Jewels Museum which holds the largest pink diamond in the world and many other jaw-dropping jewels.Text by Steve Smith.
