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Kamrooz Aram (he/him)

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Looking back to histories of abstraction that predate modern art, Kamrooz Aram’s work references art forms that have often been characterized by Western art historians as merely decorative. Ceramics, carpets, architectural painting, and folding screens all have rich and complex traditions that the artist sees as part of the histories of painting. He has united the works presented here by contributing to the design of the platform and creating a painted wall he has likened to a “monochromatic mural.” 

 Revisando las historias de la abstracción que preceden al arte moderno, la obra de Kamrooz Aram hace referencia a formas de arte que los historiadores occidentales con frecuencia han caracterizado como meramente decorativas. La cerámica, los tapices, la pintura arquitectónica y los biombos tienen tradiciones ricas y complejas que el artista interpreta como parte de la historia de la pintura. Aram ha unido las obras exhibidas aquí contribuyendo al diseño de la plataforma y creando una pintura sobre una pared que denominó un “mural monocromático”.

Beneath the Ruins, 2024

Abstract shapes in varied shades of blue with a few pale pink areas create a structured vertical pattern across a mottled gray background, alternatively seeming to cohere into a row of flowers or a printer’s text, then setting back into decorative geometries that evoke eastern architectural patterns.
Abstract shapes in varied shades of blue with a few pale pink areas create a structured vertical pattern across a mottled gray background, alternatively seeming to cohere into a row of flowers or a printer’s text, then setting back into decorative geometries that evoke eastern architectural patterns.

Kamrooz Aram, Beneath the Ruins, 2024. Oil, oil crayon, and pencil on linen, 66 × 76 in. (167.6 × 193 cm). Collection of the artist. © Kamrooz Aram. Image courtesy the artist, Alexander Gray Associates, and Green Art Gallery. Photography by Sebastian Bach

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