In the light of the renewed interest in the medium of painting at present, the works by Nader Ahriman deserve special attention. For many years, the focus of the Berlin-based artist has been on complex, even excessive content-orientation. Ahriman´s Iranian descent (born 1964 at Shiraz) and his resulting strong interest in a critically reflected exploration of ideological systems have also influenced his relation to painting. He developed a dense, idiosyncratic vocabulary of formal aesthetics which includes a great number of philosophical, literary and art historic references especially to the 19th and 20th centuries. Yet, Ahriman succeeds in breaking this, at first glance strongly conceptually conceived model-like quality of his pictures; solutions of content always come with painterly solutions. This first extensive work monograph features works from 1994 to today and intends to concentrate on showing the metaphorical and at the same time painterly complexity of Nader Ahriman´s artistic vocabulary. His works are accompanied by essays by Christian Haye, Paola Morsiani and Dorothea Strauss.
Exhibition Schedule: Kunstverein Freiburg April 11 - June -1,2003
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