Mohsen AhiAndy
Total Fact - Total Factitious
August 9 - 19, 2021
Farhang Art Gallery - Babol, Iran
Total Fact - Total Factitious asks us to consider the possibilities of memories to recall spaces shaping the past and present. This thesis project explores the relationship between place (space), object, and individuals' memories associated with them. In the Total Fact-Total Factitious exhibition, space is not only a place for objects to be located; it is also an element that cultivates memories. Throughout my exhibition, I incorporated works related to conceptualized space- the space of memory, architecture, and the real three-dimensional space in which we inhabit. Exploring the overlap between true and false memories is an important theme in my work, and the current exhibition and conducted studies sought to achieve this through turning real/factual objects and spaces into fabricated/artificial ones and vice versa.
Mohsen AhiAndy, Room Series (Bedroom), Digital Render, October 2020
Mohsen AhiAndy, Corridor Series (Morgue), Digital Render, November 2020
Mohsen AhiAndy, Room Series (Sitting in the fog), Digital Render, October 2020
Mohsen AhiAndy, Corridor Series (Extended table), Digital Render, November 2020
About the Artist
As an Iranian artist with background in industrial design, my artistic production generally maneuvers between two main approaches: studio installations that are mostly made through a trial and experimental process, and outdoor projects and site-specific sculptures that are fabricated through a definite and design process. The visual language I utilize in my practice is drawn from the geography of my Iranian upbringing which is filled with memories of a revolution and the political and social crisis which followed. In my work, alteration of form, structure, physical matter, and material are parts of my instinctive exploration; a process that helps me to understand the notion of his psyche as an independent meaningful object cluttered with layers of complicated realities.
