Alireza Mohtashami: contemporary and conceptual artist
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- 11 Oct 2022
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Having graduated from Florence’s Accademia di Belle Arti, Tehran-born artist Alireza Mohtashami currently has several of his contemporary and conceptual artworks on display in the speakeasy basement of La Ménagère, with the show titled A Big Big Bright Sun intriguingly immersed within the venue’s décor. Launched on the occasion of Florence Art Week on September 22, the works appear largely black and white in appearance but, when activated using a QR code on your phone, become layered with images drawn by the artist when he was between two and five years old, allowing visitors to delve into Mohtashami’s creative world, both past and present.
How did you come to Florence and tell us about your journey so far.
I’m Persian. I was born in Tehran in 1993 and I came to Rome when I was 11 to study the piano and Italy remained in my heart. I started to study Italian, also because you use Italian a lot in music. I met an art teacher who has now become an important artist based in Düsseldorf. She saw my work and advised me to study art. I made the crazy decision to move to Florence, even though I’d never been here before. My father thought I was joking when I told him! I studied Visual Arts and New Expressive Languages at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze after finishing high school where I focused on mathematics, physics, programming and web design. Even though the works on display here at La Ménagère are paintings, in some way they influence the environment and create a sort of installation. Read More...
