Siavash Momeny
‘THE HOLE IN THE WALL’ by Siavash Momeny $1,450 Status: Available
THE PRAM! $2,800 Status: Sold
Time Out $2,800 Status: Available
The First Light of Dawn $2,800 Status: Available
Teddy $2,800 Status: Available
One Against… $3,800 Status: Available
Entertainment, Weather and For Sale $2,800 Status: Available
A Few Little Things $5,500 Status: Sold
The Bach $5,500 Status: Sold
Directors Chair $4,500 Status: Sold
The Cello $3,800 Status: Sold
Big Read $3,200 Status: Sold
The Pallets $4,500 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.”