Siavash Momeny
‘LOOSE NZ CHERRIES’ by Siavash Momeny $3,800 Status: Available
‘STILL LIFE – STRAWBERRIES WITH SILVER BOWL’ by Siavash Momeny $3,800 Status: Available
STILL LIFE – APPLE AND CHERRIES ON PLATE $1,700 framed Status: Available
STILL LIFE – CHERRIES WITH SILVER BOWL $3,800 Status: Sold
Still Life – Silver Jug with Cherries $1,700 Status: Sold
NZ CHERRY 2 $1,450 Status: Sold
THE ROCKING HORSE $2,650 Status: Available
The First Light of Dawn $2,800 Status: Available
Originally from Iran, Siavash Momeny graduated from Tehran University before immigrating to New Zealand over twenty years ago.
Inferences of migration and change are prominent themes in Momeny’s paintings. He depicts objects wrapped in newspaper and although their surface is masked, the objects are usually clearly recognisable. The “newspaper” often includes political and social messages.
Artist’s comment:
“Objects from our past are locked in with our memories and associations. By covering an object, it becomes universal rather than specific and the viewer may see it from their memory. When items were wrapped and put away, the newspapers used to protect them were current – therefore another reminder of not only the personal memory of the object, but also the wider association of what was happening in the world at that particular time.
The sight of recognizable forms wrapped up also communicates the idea of moving from place to place – the transient nature of our lives and the mental state associated with this event.”