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"Side-fired Vessels with Fire Change: Otherness," (w)58.0 -(d)16.5-(h)19.5. Wheel-thrown and altered stoneware, with natural wood-ash glaze, traditional way fired to 1250 degrees C. reduction, eight-day firing. 30th Competition of Contemporary Ceramic Art - MEDITERRANEO, Italy, 2023.
A state of harmony between fire (Nature) and man (Creator). It means a return to liberation from the self-Completion of traditional “vessel” and acceptance of the open world outside.
"Chawan; Otherness," (w)33.0 -(d)12.5 -(h)8.7 cm, wheel-thrown and stoneware, with natural wood ash glaze showing dark brown glass "fingers" and "dragonfly eye", traditional way fired to 1280 ~1300 degrees C. reduction, eight-day firing. The International Tea Bowl Competition, MALGORZATA MATERNIK, Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław Traugutta, Poland, in June 2023.
This work, with a controlled consciousness of expression, is constructed as a cooperative body to express the memory of the body itself and the continuous transformation of the body. Here, the materials themselves, which are grouped into a common body, play an important role in embodiment. Purified and returned by fire, the non-glazed "ceramic" has the texture of Japanese paper, and its milky white surface represents the spiritual world, whereas the non-ceramic materials that will eventually decay symbolize an incomplete world of perception. Everything is in a state of flux in this endless cycle of life, death, and regeneration. This unbroken transformation indicates the existence of a "thing." There, I superimpose my existence.
"Sumi-e/ Suiboku Sansui (07-03-1),” (w) 110.0 cm - (d) 49.0 cm - (h) 19.0 cm. Stoneware (with textures resembling lusterless tones, such as Japanese paper), pigment, and iron rod were added. Electric kiln and charcoal smoked, fired at 1250 degrees C in reduction, mixed media. The 3rd International Virtual Exhibition 'Transformation.' Organized by the Bonart Project, an independent Iranian artists' organization. The virtual exhibition was held on October 10, 2021. Uploading of all selected works to the website, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube channels began October 18-19, 2021.
"Sumi-e/ Suiboku Sansui (07-03-2),” (w) 107.0 cm - (d) 51.0 cm - (h) 14.5 cm. Stoneware (with textures resembling lusterless tones, such as Japanese paper), pigment, and iron rod were added. Electric kiln and charcoal smoked, fired at 1250 degrees C in reduction, mixed media. Contest of Unique Piece N.A.CE. 2021. The 13th National Fair of Pottery and Ceramics, NAVARRETE La Rioja, Spain. July 16–18, 2021. On display until August 30, 2021, following the National Exposition.
Left: "State of Being (05-02-3)," installation dimensions: (w)115 – (d)75 - (h)15.5 cm. Object (pottery and iron part), (w)120.0 – (d)30.0 - (h)16.0 cm. Paper (drawing), 2 sheets (each 31.0 x 24.0 cm). Right: "State of Being (05-02-5)," (w)120 – (d)46 - (h)20.0 cm. Paper (drawing), 3 sheets (each 24.0 x 31.0 cm). Hand-built stoneware (unglazed, high fired), electric kiln, charcoal smoked, fired at 1250 degrees C in reduction, mixed media. From the 2nd Ceramic Art Online exhibition, "Free Will.” Organized by the Bonart Project, an Iranian independent artist’s organization. Online viewing was made available on December 8, 2020.
"A State (02-31-1)," installation dimensions (w)120.0 - (d)99.0 - (h)16.0 cm. Object (pottery and Iron part), (w)120.0 - (d)30.0 - (h)16.0 cm. Paper (drawing), 3 sheets (each 31.0 x 24.0 cm). Hand-built stoneware (non-glazed, high-fired), electric kiln, charcoal smoked, fired at 1250 degrees C in reduction, mixed media. 1st Ceramic Art Online Exhibition "Beyond the Borders," 2020. Organized by Bonart Project, an independent Iranian artists' organization. Online publication: August 29, 2020. Exhibition dates: August 29-September 25, 2020. Since then, it has been open to the public on various social networking sites.
“A State (02-31-2),” installation dimensions (w)142.0 - (d)70.0 - (h)15.0 cm. Object (pottery and iron part), (w)105.0- (d)58.0- (h)15.0 cm. Paper (drawing), 2 sheets (each 31.0 x 24.0 cm). Hand-built stoneware (non-glazed, high-fired), electric kiln, charcoal smoked, fired at 1250 °C in reduction, mixed media. 4th International Cluj Ceramics Biennial. Exhibited at the Cluj Museum of Art, Romania, August 15–September 20, 2019.
Both ceramics and iron, through confronting each other in their physicality, have a living stativity that makes their relationship versatile. Paper (drawing) is a fragmented matter with utility potential and is the “dance” that surrounds the spiritual aspect. Physical worlds of complex structures. Everything is a relationship that extends beyond the intended to the outer world.
My online performance was made available as part of the 2019 Korea International Ceramics Biennale. It suggests that the audience participate in a ground-mediated "happening" through their motions.
https://youtu.be/Cn7FeitaNxE
Participating in the "happening" that mediates with the ground―demanding gestures from the viewer. Both ceramic and iron, through confronting each other in their physicality, have a living stativity that makes their relationship versatile. Paper (sketch) is a fragmented matter with utility potential and is the “dance” that surrounds that spiritual aspect. A physical world of complex structures. Everything is a relationship that expands beyond the intended to the outer world. If one were to compare this to a non-theatrical “Odori,” the gesture of leaving the “ground” is negative. ("Mai" and "Odori" both Japanese traditional dances, but Mai is a stage dance. Odori, there’s a smell of ground and the racial characteristic.)
"Chimera (01-29-20)," as a whole of the installation - (w)200.0 - (d)90.0 - (h)14.0 cm. Object (pottery and cutlery): approximately- (w)40.0- (d)30.0- (h)14.0 cm. Hand-built stoneware elements assembled over some threaded iron rods, non-glaze with slip, colored iron rods, ready-made objects (stainless steel cutlery) and epoxy, electric kiln, fired 1250 degrees C. in reduction, the 16th International Prize of Contemporary Ceramics CERCO 2019. Exhibited at the Craft Center of Aragon, Calle Monasterio de Samos s/n (Old abattoir of Zaragoza), Spain, September 20- October 17, 2019.
This work "Chimera", Metal rods, and ready-made objects (stainless steel cutlery). A physical structure that deviates from objectification. A complex structure is generated by the agent of the action. A chimera-like body that contains me and the other, together. An object that is not self-contained, and mobile, it constantly shakes us with arbitrariness and is liberated into the expansion of the unexpected.