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Hossein
Edalatkhah
Edalatkhah’s
works
reflect
the
cultural
heritage
and
the
roots
of
his
background
alongside
with
a
modern
interpretation
of
the
poetical
language
of
Persian
literature
and
miniatures.
In
his
work
traditional
Persian
symbols,
the
combination
of
recurrent
Safavid
floral
designs,
his
own
very
colorful
imagery
or
symbols
and
a
monochrome
figure
melt
into
each
other
in a
strange
way,
as
if
the
painting
was
not
quite
finished
or
had
faded
with
time.
Most
probably
in
reference
to a
thousand
year
old
heritage.
The
work
functions
like
a
binding
metaphor
in
poetry,
and
is
indeed
very
poetic
in
terms
of
its
method
of
meaning-construction
through
calculated
use
of
symbolism
and
imagery.
The
gender
of
the
figure
in
his
paintings
is
not
quite
clear.
Merely
outlined
in
black
chalk
the
figure
seems
to
be a
male
body
but
long
hair
falls
on
the
shoulders
giving
it a
feminine
touch,
a
certain
fragility,
a
hint
of
shyness.
The
figure
has
no
eyes
and
no
mouth,
it
mainly
stands
side-ways
as
if
it
wanted
to
avoid
facing
the
spectator,
lost
in
thoughts
or
dreams.
In
other
smaller
works
the
figure
is
reduced
to
the
bust
facing
the
spectator
and
colorful
interlacing
covers
the
head,
as
if
the
thoughts
or
dreams,
bursting
out
of
the
brain,
had
muted
in
lovely
flowers
strings.
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