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Paridokht
Moshkzad
Outside
of
Time
Assar
Art
Gallery
2-23
September
2022
Life’s
moments,
be
them
good
or
bad,
will
always
remain
irreversible.
Yet
perhaps
the
most
fundamental
difference
is
the
distinct
way
we
experience
them
at
their
instants
of
happening.
When
feeling
pain
and
sadness,
we
are
aware
of
how
difficult
and
intolerable
it
is,
but
the
moments
of
pleasure
will
only
gain
a
meaningful
effect
once
a
considerable
amount
of
time
has
been
passed,
reinforcing
them
as
memories.
While
it
is
always
pleasant
to
remember
those
moments,
it
is
inevitable
to
regret
not
having
understood
their
sweetness
as
they
were
happening,
making
their
recollection
stained
with
desolation,
and
although
we
are
aware
of
their
unrepeatable
nature,
we
do
not
refrain
from
laboriously
retrieving
them
once
again.
The
current
series
of
work
has
a
very
similar
quality
and
a
comparable
sense
of
exploration.
While
the
practice
of
sculpting
often
involves
reducing
material
from
a
larger
whole,
in
the
work
of
Paridokht
Moshkzad,
the
pieces
have
been
the
result
of a
long-sustained
toil
of
shaping
metal
nets
—like
the
ancient
art
of
sculpting
a
piece
of
jade,
which
was
both
an
artistic
endeavor
and
a
meditative
process
aimed
at
healing
one’s
spirit.
Metal
nets
are
often
used
as
reinforcements
in
sculptures,
but
here
they
are
both
the
purpose
and
the
tool,
and
ultimately,
they
seek
to
recreate
the
warm
and
intimate
world
of
childhood,
using
a
cold
and
masculine
material
like
metal
pieces
in a
female
process
like
weaving
and
sewing.
As
Paridokht
Moshkzad
states,
what
has
been
created
in
this
series
of
work
has
been
born
out
of
her
own
personal
life,
feelings
and
experiences
—from
recalling
the
joyful
days
of
childhood
and
her
encounter
with
its
memories.
All
of
her
pieces
are
based
on
her
perspective
and
approach
about
childhood
as a
period
full
of
happiness
and
freedom.
As
so,
she
has
created
child
figures.
Of
course,
there
are
numerous
other
concerns
and
issues
that
the
viewer
encounters
while
visiting
this
exhibition,
even
ideas
beyond
what
the
artist
has
put
on
view.
The
long
process
of
creating
these
pieces
that
have
been
the
result
of
fencing
off
vacuum
and
nothingness
using
multiple
metal
layers,
resembles
the
difficult
process
of
remembering
and
retrieving
memories
—the
burden
of
moments
that
would
never
return,
the
toil
of
contemplating
moments
that
would
never
come
back…
Reihaneh
Omid
Ghaemi
August
2022
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