HOSSEIN GHAEMI
Hossein Ghaemi (b. 1985, Tehran) presents surreal scenarios via real and imaginary characters. Secrecy and the unconscious, theatricality and mysticism operate as veiling elements in his paintings, sculptures, installations and performances. Ghaemi employs colour and materials intensely, elevating non-standard signifiers – like pistachio nuts and pomegranate juice – as vivid symbols in a hierarchy that emerges from his native Persian and Turkish cultures. The voice as a conduit for expression is an ongoing theme for both object-based and performance works. An elaborate working-out of divas.
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