Doubled Edged Brush
Soheil Mokhtar
Doubled Edged Brush
Delgosha Gallery proudly presents solo exhibition of Soheil Mokhtar titled ‘Double-Edged Brush’. Mokhtar is in perpetual movement, he does not run, neither does he stroll, he keeps pace of painting marathon, this is why he always has time to paint what he likes. At times, he falls in love with colours, other times he is immersed in discovering new images. He takes his time to draw black hair of a woman as if he wants to build a shelter for himself as well as others. He maintains justice; he spends equal time for painting each and every detail, no detail is superior to the other. This is why details become subject of his painting. At times, he falls in love with his doodling which from excessive repetition might end up to a fight or maybe to a portrait. He gets blue sick and colors the painting and the painter in blue; colors the flower and the flowerpot the same. Mokhtar spends his time knitting threads; whether he is painting a beautiful landscape or just doodling. He leaves no room for accident, ‘accident’ for Mokhtar takes shape in the back of his mind and not on the paper with colors and brushes. He is constantly foretelling future of his painting, he reflects on all possibilities, but makes his decision suddenly and paints virtuously. He continues painting; proceeds on and stops. He repeats the act of painting and not the painting. Mokhtar practices hope so to keep doors of possibilities open.
April 2019