Ali Mousavi
b. 1977
Neither East, Nor West 2012 Neon 120 x 220 cm Edition 1 of 3 + 1AP Courtesy of the Artist To place a bid visit magicofpersia.com/silentauction The Silent Auction will conclude at SPM on 21st March at 7pm
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The fundamental question underpinning the way I think about my artistic practice is how to face and respond to one’s activity in the world. I try to think about those questions and channel them into my work. I’m involved in an activity that hopes to unlock and provoke the cognitive faculty in my mind; or the viewers minds. The intention of my work is not to please the viewers aesthetically, but rather to invite them to participate in an open dialogue.This piece is part of a larger body of work which is currently in progress. The work focuses on an era; our era, which has been known as a post ideological condition, where people no longer seem to believe in ideological truth and where the fundamental and extreme practice of any ideology be it a ‘business ontology’(west) or a ‘political-religious ontology’(east) has frustrated us all over the globe. Our lifetime is spent in an environment clouded by that prospect and our children will face the same equally grizzly and more likely prospect. As an artist and cultural worker, I believe that it is my task to reflect on those issues by using art as my tool.