Mozhdeh Mehrafarin

My work explores the relationship between Traditional sensibilities and modern. With influences as diverse as traditional/ local and historical, new combinations are generated from both explicit and implicit discourse. Inspired by the field, I strive to contribute without reservation to the global arts community, immaterial of political, racial, religious or gender considerations by respecting and regarding the human spirit. I inspired Iran's monuments and traditions as well as local game. My painting is the narrator of moments around our own life. In this time that our life is busy and more entangled with virtual world and have been distanced with real and true universe, local and traditional children’s´ games made me think into painting the childish delight and spiritual purity which relates to memories of not so long aged with simple expressing. To show the enjoyable moments and sometimes nostalgic which we might have forgotten, but not completely uprooted from our mind. In my works, there is an element of search in the socio-cultural /traditional domain with a subtle cultural and artistic flavor. I have a bent for enveloping the artistic concepts in layers of glamour, fantasy, and sarcasm, sometimes in a dramatic fashion and traditional, and sometimes in a direct way as in a social science study. I use a lot of material and texture. Finally, traditional and modern in my paintings are in my ways of expression.