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Through out her long career, Farmanfarmaian's work exhibits a strong connection to the history of Iranian reverse glass and mirror mosaics, a craft traditionally passed on from father to son.
Her work brings together the tradition and the avant-garde to form colourful and geometric motifs: circles, squares and polygons are skilfully cast within the rigorous mould of classical Islamic geometrical design.
It was in the late 60s when Farmanfarmaian started experimenting with adapting and combining age old techniques of reverse-glass painting, mirror mosaics and Iranian design with a modern abstract expressionism and minimalism. The result is a geometric and reflective kaleidoscope with shard-like forms of colour and light slicing through fragments of mirror.
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Breaking the Waves, 2008, Mirror and reverse glass, 135 x 86 cm |
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