2019
126 x 180 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mg paper
I have found this carpet on a website of one of the most prominent collections of antique rugs in the world, the Nazmiyal Collection from New York. I contacted the Gallery owner, Jason Nazmiyal and he kindly gave me permission to use their photo of the rug and work with the carpet or a detail of the carpet in my new project.
The carpet is named in the collection Large Oversized Antique Kerman Persian Rug 48690, it stole my heart imediatelly and I call it Kerman Dream.
2018
140,5 x 122 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300mgs paper
Detail of a Safavid carpet from 17th century from Kerman, Iran. The carpet was covering the tomb of Shah Nimatullahi, a great Sufi Saint, in Kerman. It was sold to a person from Europe in 19th century and is now in the Collection of the National Museum in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
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2018
59 x 127 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mgs paper
I traced this garden ornament from just a piece of border of an antique carpet. While working on it, it recalled for me a story about an ancient carpet from the time when Muslims invaded Iran (Spring of Khoshrow).
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2018
142 x 139,5 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mgs paper
The first work of the series.
The original carpet in Sarajevo Isfahan Gallery from Nain, Iran.
2018
131 x 127,5 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mgs paper
The symbol in this and also some other paintings is taken from a carpet from Tabriz, Iran.
A cup, full of water, with abundant growth coming out of the water, and extended roots reaching out through the bottom of the cup. I was trying to find the meaning of this symbol but had no luck.
But then just recently my Persian friend from Sarajevo has explained to me that the big flowers are the Shah Abbas tulips in open blossom. The cup represents a quality of a Soul in Love that has within itself a sea of mercy, love and goodness.
2018
148 x 145 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mgs paper
The original carpet in Sarajevo Isfahan Gallery from Ghom, Iran.
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2018
175 x 98 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mgs paper
This painting is based on a small Mehrabi, a praying carpet from Qum, Iran.
I enlarged it, made it 175 cm high, so when attached to a wall it symbolises a point of transfer between visible and invisible world.
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2018
161 x 90 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mgs paper
This painting is based on a small Mehrabi, a praying carpet from Qum, Iran.
I like it so much that I made a variation of the first one.
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2018
69 x 69 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mgs paper
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2018
139 x 175 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mgs paper
The motif feels like music and dance to me.
Original carpet in Sarajevo Isfahan Gallery, from Ghom, Iran.
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2018
150 x 120cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mgs paper
Botteh is the name of this symbol. Symbol of growth, symbol of life.
It is commonly known by the name of "Paisley" which was used by the British when they started printing the symbol on fabric.
It is important that a common shared understanding of an image does not override the original deep cultural and spiritual meaning.
The original carpet Sarajevo Isfahan Gallery, very small, about 70 x 50 cm, from Sarogh. Silk.
2018
60 x 60 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mgs paper
Same symbol as in Green and some other paintings...
from the carpet from Ghom, Sarajevo Isfahan Gallery.
private ownership
2018
108 x 142 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mgs paper
Same ornament like Red but the colours and shapes are singing and dancing the same melody in a different way.
Original carpet from Ghom, Iran. Sarajevo Isfahan Gallery.
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2017
159 x 148 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mgs paper
Detail of a carpet, enlarged. Same carpet that initiated so many of my paintings. Carpet from Ghom, Iran. Sarajevo Isfahan Gallery.
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2018
68 x 68 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mgs paper
My favourite, "cup" symbol, repeated in a circular rhythm, like a wheel of life.
The original carpet in Sarajevo Isfahan Gallery from Ghom, Iran.
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2017
117 x 151,5 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mgs paper
This is a very small detail of a huge carpet representing two trees of life.
Original carpet from Ghom, Iran. Sarajevo Isfahan Gallery.
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2020
150 x 100 cm
acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 300 mg paper
one of the blossoms from a Safavid carpet
