11/19/2016 · The exhibition presents some of this New York-based, Iranian-born artist’s most recent works, which reflect the theme of endless prayers . Prayer , an act both physical and transcendent, is grounded in the world of time and space but sustained by the perception of something that exists beyond embodied reality. It evokes a state more easily felt than seen.
In his abstract work, Kami uses inventive patterns and variations suffused with similar themes—his “Dome” paintings consist of concentric circles of tessellated marks, forming pulsing voids, while in the “ Endless Prayer ” series, collaged fragments of Persian, Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic texts are arranged in circular shapes to recall …
Get this from a library! Y.Z. Kami : endless prayers . [Y Z Kami ; Ziba Ardalan; Julien Bismuth; Doris von Drathen; Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art.] — Emerging Persian-born figurative painter Y.Z. Kami ‘s canvases feature flat, matte portraits resembling Byzantine frescos or Egyptian Fayum portraits. Included here are such works from the past …
Available for sale from Leila Heller Gallery, Y.Z. Kami, Endless Prayers XX (2007 ), Mixed Media on Paper, 119.4 × 121.9 cm, 8/31/2009 · Y.Z. Kami: Endless Prayers . Published by Walther König, Köln. Foreword by Ziba de Weck. Text by Julien Jonas Bismuth, Doris van Drathen. Emerging Persian-born figurative painter Y.Z. Kami ‘s canvases feature flat, matte portraits resembling Byzantine frescos or Egyptian Fayum portraits.
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YZ Kami: Endless Prayers, Parasol Unit, London Extraordinary pictures of ordinary people. Reviewed, Michael Glover. Tuesday 25 November 2008 01:00. 0 comments. Article bookmarked.
11/21/2008 · For Y.Z. Kami , architecture, like human beings, speaks of its own history and at times he combines architecture with portraits of people to create some poignant works, such as Dry Land, 1994–2004 and Konya, 2007. The exhibition will also feature Y.Z. Kami ’s collages, entitled Endless Prayers . These works are made by gluing countless minute …
10/29/2013 · Y. Z. Kami (Iranian, b. 1956) Blue Dome I (from the Endless Prayers series) signed and dated ‘ KAMI 2008’ (on the reverse); signed ‘ KAMI . YZ ‘ (on the stretcher) painted paper collage on linen canvas 63 x 72in. (160 x 183cm.) Executed in 2008, Y. Z. Kami , Endless Prayers III, 2007 Mixed media on paper, 42 × 29 ¾ inches (106.7 × 75.6 cm)
