{"id":501,"date":"2012-10-10T11:14:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T16:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/?p=501"},"modified":"2013-09-06T11:20:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T16:20:09","slug":"ali-moshiri-exhibits-at-grubbs-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/2012\/10\/10\/ali-moshiri-exhibits-at-grubbs-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali Moshiri Exhibits at Grubbs Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Influences from Kandinsky, Mir\u00f3, and Rothko can be seen in the colorful canvases that jump off the walls of the Grubbs Gallery, which now resembles a modern art gallery of the 1930s with Ali Moshiri\u2019s Surrealist paintings.<\/p>\n

Born in Iran, Moshiri was educated in the United States and England.\u00a0 He returned to Iran for medical school, completed his residency in Cincinnati, and then began working at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1984.\u00a0 According to his website, as, \u201ca young and untrained, but passionate, artist, Moshiri\u2019s sketchbook was a constant companion in his spare time.\u201d<\/p>\n

His work has always been based on observations from nature, especially landscapes, says Moshiri.\u00a0 \u201cThe most recent paintings in the last 15 years are still based on these observations; however, the ultimate result is that of the paint and the painted surface, in an attempt to capture its own nature without any hints or references to anything external to the painting,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe layers of paint and color in Ali Moshiri\u2019s work create a depth that is felt by the viewer, as well as seen,\u201d said Natania Hume, curator of the Grubbs Gallery.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe atmosphere present in the work\u00a0is almost reminiscent of a memory, and the paintings have an echo-like quality where they seem at once familiar and totally original. It is this quality of\u00a0emotional\u00a0resonance that made me first respond to his work, and\u00a0it is also what makes\u00a0Ali\u2019s paintings both widely\u00a0appealing and profound,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking at Moshiri\u2019s work is like investigating for hidden treasures,\u201d said Rachel Chambers, an art teacher.\u00a0 \u201cThe overall image is dreamlike and ethereal in the markmaking. When you take a step closer you find what seems to be a covert message of shapes and symbols,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA language between the maker and the viewer that is only visible to those who have taken the extra stride. I feel the layers of brave and controlled colors are catching every airborne particle in its tissue, creating a personality for each piece,\u201d said Chambers.<\/p>\n

Moshiri has had solo exhibits at the Fauve Gallery in Amherst (1987, 1988), the Image Gallery in Stockbridge (1989, 1990), Ute Stebich Gallery in Lenox (1993, 1994), and in 2005 at the Lamont Gallery at Phillips-Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire.\u00a0 His paintings have also been included in larger shows including Wunderarts in Amherst (2008), and separately at the Still Life (2010), Non-Objective (2010), and Landscape (2011) exhibits at William Baczek Fine Arts\u00a0 Ali Moshiri is represented by William Baczek Fine Arts of Northampton, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Moshiri\u2019s paintings will be exhibited at the Grubbs Gallery in the Reed Campus Center on The Williston Northampton School campus until Wednesday, October 31, 2012.\u00a0 Admission is free.<\/p>\n

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Influences from Kandinsky, Mir\u00f3, and Rothko can be seen in the colorful canvases that jump off the walls of the Grubbs Gallery, which now resembles a modern art gallery of the 1930s with Ali Moshiri\u2019s Surrealist paintings. Born in Iran, Moshiri was educated in the United States and England.\u00a0 He returned to Iran for medical … Continue reading Ali Moshiri Exhibits at Grubbs Gallery<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[96,95,94,57,69,97],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grubbs-gallery","tag-ali-moshiri","tag-exhibit","tag-grubbs-gallery-exhibits","tag-painting","tag-paintings","tag-surrealism"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions\/505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}