Y.Z. Kami's First Abstract Works on View at Gagosian Rome
Gagosian Rome presents a new body of work by Iranian-born artist Y.Z. Kami (Tehran, 1956), marking his first foray into pure abstraction. The exhibition centers on the color indigo, historically associated with spirituality and transcendence. Kami's paintings evoke nocturnal atmospheres, with dark halos animated by dreams and tangled desires. One standout piece, 'The Great Swan' (2018), depicts a standing man addressing attentive listeners in a silent discourse, with evanescent faces and a heavy blue veil obscuring half the canvas, like an eyelid yielding to the weight of night. The show invites viewers to inner reflection, rendering the intangible accessible.
Key facts
- Y.Z. Kami was born in Tehran in 1956.
- The exhibition is held at Gagosian Rome.
- The works are the artist's first purely abstract pieces.
- Indigo pigment is derived from the plant Indigofera tinctoria.
- The color indigo has historical associations with spirituality and transcendence.
- The painting 'The Great Swan' was created in 2018.
- The painting features a standing man speaking to listeners.
- Faces in the painting are evanescent, with a blue veil covering half the canvas.
Entities
Artists
- Y.Z. Kami
Institutions
- Gagosian
Locations
- Tehran
- Iran
- Rome
- Italy