Yaghoub Emdadian, Untitled (Houses in the Distance), Undated

Oil on paper
48.5 x 48.5 cm (visible), 74 x 74 x 2 cm (framed)
Condition: Very good

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Yaghoub Emdadian's (Iranian, b. 1948) paintings are highly abstracted landscapes, where vast spaces are defined in terms of pure forms and variations of colour. Space is arranged in a way that recalls the Persian miniature: unlike the Western depiction of perspective toward a vanishing point, the more distant the location the higher up it is in the composition.

Along the top of Emdadian's paintings one often sees small shapes- trees, buildings, figures. They seem to hang in the far distance, separated from the viewer by large dominant squares of pure colour, which lend a feeling of immensity to this notion of space.Some of his work appears in international auctions.

(Photographed in October 2023)