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Etemad Gallery Sep 2014 Morteza Ahmadvand 04
Tehran

اگر شما یک ساعت مچی را بگیرید و نمره‌ها و عقربه‌ ساعت و دقیقه را جدا سازید، ضمناً اطراف قاب صفحه گرد که متصل به بند ساعت است و دکمه کوک را هم حذف کنیم ، نتیجه چه می‌شود و چه داریم؟ شیئی که باقی می‌ماند یک صفحه قاب دار گرد است که در درونش ثانیه شمار ظریف هم زمان با ضربان قلب ما، گذشت زمان را همواره اعلام می‌دارد.

اثر اخیر  مرتضی احمدوند به نام "شدن" ، نه عقربه شمار است و نه ساعت ولی یک بعد عمیق تر یا بهتر بگویم بیشتری از گذشت زمان را بازگو می‌دارد و آن بعد  " دینامیسم آرام تحول" است. در این اثر با گذشت زمان مکعب تبدیل به کره مدور می‌شود.

مکعب و کره گرد،  صرفاً دو فرم یا شکل هندسی نیستند. آنها حاوی پیام دیگری هستند یکی  پیامش ثبات و دیگری ناپایداری و تحرک است.

سوالی که مطرح می شود این است، آیا مهم است که هنرمند در موقع خلق یا ابداع اثر هدف و فکرش چه بوده است؟ از نظر من ضروری نیست!  گاهی هنرمند غفلتاً یا ناآگاه سرآمد پیام هایی است که بیننده اثر را متاثر می‌کند.  فکر و برداشت بیننده‌ لزوماً با هنرمند همیشه مشترک نیست. اغلب هنرمندان نگارنده، نسخه فهم و یا درک اثرشان نیستند و برداشت از اثر را به مخاطب واگذار می‌کنند. شاید شما هم در این اثر هنری  برداشت های شخصی خود را داشته باشید.

آیا فکر کرده‌اید که مکعب و «کره گرد» در طبیعت قابل رویت نیستند و وجود آنان به واسطه و زاییده فکر و ساخت دست انسان است .

آیا حضور پیکره در این اثر را می‌شود نادیده گرفت؟ آیا مراسم ارائه اثر حاوی یک پیام معنوی نیست؟ آیا در سکوت تاریک چیدمان یا صحنه کار هنرمند، ما خود را در برابر نیروئی ماورای زندگی عادی روزانه احساس می‌کنیم؟ اگر جواب این سئوال‌ها مثبت است. هنرمند مسئول اثری فراموش نشدنی است.

کار مورد بحث بی شباهت به شعبده بازی هم نیست ؟! مکعب جلوی چشم بیننده مدور می‌شود. کاری که شعبده باز می‌کند حقیقت نیست ، یک بازی با چشم و عقل بیننده است و در حقیقت «خر کردن» یا گول زدن مخاطب است و در آن یک اصل «حقه بازی» وجود دارد،  که در انسان حس عدم اعتماد به شعبده باز را تقویت می‌کند. ولی در اثر مرتضی یک نوع خلوص و صداقت را می‌شود پنداشت که در خلاصه ،یک آینه‌ای از وجود، حقیقت، گذشت زمان و بالاخره تداوم تحول است.

کامران دیبا

If you take a wristwatch, disassemble the numbers, hour and minute hands; meanwhile removing the lug ends attached to the strap, what do you end up with? 

What remains is a bezel, a watch face with a delicate sweep second hand inside which constantly announces the passing of time in sync with our heartbeats.

Morteza Ahmadvand's most recent piece entitled "becoming" is neither a watch nor a hand, yet it relates to us the passing of time from a much deeper perspective, to put it more accurately, another dimension altogether, known as the 'pacific dynamism of change'. In this piece, a cube is shown gradually transforming into a sphere, yet these shapes are not mere geometrical forms. They each communicate different messages; one signifies permanence while the other denotes transience and movement.

In answer to the question that should arise: "is it important to know the intention of the artist and what he was thinking while making the art-piece?"  In my opinion, it is unnecessary. At times, the oblivious artist presents ideas that unintentionally impact the viewer. The perceptions and thoughts of the viewer and artist are not necessarily one and the same. Most artists do not have a prescription or manual for understanding their work and most likely leave the interpretation for the viewer to decide.

You also, might have your own personal understanding of this particular piece. Have you ever wondered about the fact, that cubes and spheres are not actually visible in nature and their existence is only apprehensible through human thought and creation? Can the fact that the presence of a figure is discerned, be undermined? Does the ritual representation of the art piece not hold a transcendental meaning to it? In the midst of the dark silence of this installation or the artists work scene, do we not feel ourselves in the presence of a force surpassing our regular mundane feelings? 

If the answers to all of these questions are affirmative, then the artist is responsible for an unforgettable piece of work. This particular piece itself is not a lot different from a magic act! A cube changes itself into a sphere right before the spectators’ very eyes. What the illusionist does is not real for in truth he manipulates the sight and mind of the audience, fooling them or "making an ass" out of them so to speak, for the rule of deception involved, reinforces a sense of mistrust in the viewer towards the illusionist. 

Yet Morteza's piece gives us the notion that it has an underlying purity and honesty within it; to put it briefly, the art-piece is a mirror to existence, truth, time and last but not least, the continuity of change.

Kamran Diba

نمایشگاه آثار " مرتضی احمدوند " مهر 1393 گالری اعتماد

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