Deep Desert Objekts
Deep Desert Objekt
31 may - 6 july | opening thursday 30 may 6-8pm
Born in Tehran, Parham Ghalamdar's influences lie in Iranian myths and the changing natural landscape of the Middle East. For Ghalamader, Iranian mythology hinges on two elements: water and soil. Ancient myths would often tell of Iranian heroes defending the unity of the elements to protect the land from drought. The works presented in his solo exhibition Deep Desert Objekt are born of these sacred, deteriorating lands. Black paint from the scorched earth of Iraq finishes the surface of Ghalamdar’s paintings and demon head ceramics. His ceramic vases, oozing with a thick tar like glaze, hold within them dry terrains of thirsty, arid sands. Paintings dripping with glaze, draw the onlooker into the illusory mirage of the ever-expanding desert.
Ghalamdar's solo exhibition will take place on the lower ground floor of the gallery
Special Thanks to UKNA 4C Group Bursary 2023 for generously funding Parham Ghalamdar's studio practice in 2023.
The exhibition is influenced by Reza Negarestani’s seminar The Draw of the Desert at the New Centre for Research & Practice, and gathers from the conceptual frameworks developed at Foreign Objekt. Special thanks to Sepideh Majidi for originally creating the concept of 'Deep Objekt', and together with Maure Coise and Reza Negarestani, was pivotal in theorizing, developing, and delivering the Deep Objekt [0] residency program.
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