The Third Line is pleased to present new works by Iranian artist Golnaz Fathi. Firmly anchored in extensive training in traditional calligraphy, Fathi has for over fifteen years now been perfecting the ability of script to communicate meaning away from its actual referent.
Sleepless Nights, has derived the notion of spontaneity from Golnaz's work. She has given up on the idea of getting it ‘just right' with one motion and opted for a much more time based approach. The meditative aspects of her ‘scribbles' are inherently based on the passing of time. Highly labour intensive, her new works create textures, surfaces and tensions all through the simple and incessant repetition of lines. Framed by the boldness of the blacks and whites, the essence of the words and the letters dissolve into a strangely still frenzy of movement.
About Golnaz Fathi
A trained calligrapher, Fathi has turned the literary art-form on its head by skillfully transforming known language into form and composition.
She first discovered calligraphy while studying graphic design at Tehran's Azad University, which she later left to train for six years at the Calligraphy Association of Iran. Practicing the script for over seven hours a day eventually paid off - she was the first woman to win an award for ketabat (a genre of calligraphy) - but she soon tired of the discipline's rules and regulations. Hence, she created a new form of expression in her paintings; an imaginary language deeply rooted in Persian tradition while simultaneously hinting at a social renaissance.
Fathi has exhibited extensively across the globe, including works in the most recent Word into Art: Modern Artists of the Middle East show at the British Museum. Her work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions internationally at such venues as La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art, Bahrain; The Third Line, Dubai, UAE; Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture de Neuilly, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France; Galerie L'oeil du Huit, Paris, France; Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran; Grand Palais, Paris, France; O'Melveny Gallery, Los Angles, USA; Espace SD, Beirut, Lebanon; Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York City, NY, USA; Lo Sguardo Di Luce, Padova, Italy; Azteca Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
Golnaz lives and works in Iran.
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