Wine of letters by Ali Pasandideh
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Medium: Ink on paper, Professionally framed
Dimensions: 68 x 98 cm
Year: 2022
Price: $10000.00 USD
Status: available
Inspired by the lyrical depth of Hafez, Golchehr is a vibrant visual journey through the themes of longing and eternal hope. The artist creates a dense, pulsating field of crimson calligraphy, where traditional forms dissolve into a rhythmic sea of energy. The intense layering of ink reflects the "blood-shedding sighs" of the poet, transforming a personal quest for love into a universal spectacle of passion. This work captures the delicate balance between the agony of absence and the vibrant persistence of the spirit.
Why collect this work?
The work converts calligraphic signs into an all-over current, making the act of searching for language more immediate than reading a stable text.
- Pasandideh describes calligraphy as visual poetry that can exceed the limits of words. In this composition, that intention appears in letter-like forms whose expressive rhythm persists even when their sequence is difficult to follow.
- The photograph shows hooked and elongated shapes packed to the sheet’s edges. Red passages flare among black strokes and pale channels, while several loose eddies momentarily interrupt the broader visual pressure.
- The catalogue records ink on paper. That medium allows narrow lines, solid accents and small shifts in weight to coexist, producing distinctions within the crowded pattern without requiring deep pictorial space.
- Dated 2022 and titled Wine of letters in the catalogue, the work is pertinent to collections examining writing at the boundary of abstraction. Its significance lies in how accumulation preserves cadence while withholding straightforward verbal access.
About the Artist
Ali Pasandideh
Ali Pasandideh is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: Calligrapher . Based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Nationality: Iranian
My artistic practice reimagines calligraphy as a vital bridge between centuries-old tradition and modern expression.
