Freedom Artist Nasser Ghaderi | Where We Met

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Artist Nasser Ghaderi

West Vancouver, , Canada

Where We Met

 

Acrylic Painting

Artist Statement
I arrived to painting with the background of poetry and film. The medium of painting matched my sense of energy and expression. In an effort to produce original and spontaneous work, I made the conscious decision to refrain from formal art training and from studying other artists’ work. Similarly, I abstained from using conventional tools and techniques. Instead I throw, splash, drizzle, drip, swirl … paint on the canvas, yet each painting dictates its own technique. I escape point of view by focusing on process and experimentation instead of plotting a final product.

The key to creating such pieces is to paint without being conscious of what is emerging. I let each painting impose itself on me instead of letting my thoughts impose on the painting. This can happen only by eliminating the self. Therefore, my paintings act as mirrors. The motifs are a reflection of the viewers who stand in front of them. The paintings invite viewers to actively create their own meanings and consequently construct the paintings allowing them to become their own. This involvement turns the viewer into the creator. The paintings therefore are dynamic and fluid as each time they are viewed, they change. Each work finds a new identity when viewed by a different person, giving the work infinite life.

Art is the gap between life and death. And painting is as simple and as complex as taking a breath.