
Irrexxxsible :
An Installation by Pedram Baldari
Curated by Amirali Ghasemi
Boomerang Art Gallery
An Installation by Pedram Baldari
Curated by Amirali Ghasemi
Boomerang Art Gallery
Friday 16th of April – Monday 26th of April 2010
Daily visiting hours: 4-8 pm
Daily visiting hours: 4-8 pm
No 15, 10th St, Vozara Ave.Tehran, Iran
Artworks in the “Irreversible” or the way Baldari himself puts it “Irrexxxsible”, has been created with the same procedure of co-called fashion Photography, far from the studio in a hospital-like environment with an X-ray Machine, unlike Helmut Newton’s attempts to satisfy his curiosity over what “three million dollars worth of diamonds looks” like under an X-ray. He put himself and his model under electromagnetic radiation for extremely opposite reasons, often wearing fake and mass-produced jewels, accessories, underwear from imported popular fashion brands, he brutally portrays his 21-century “fashion 2 times victims” as naked as possible, Bare to the bones, desexualized and empty, no matter skinny, fat or fit, far from consuming competitions and scale and size comparisons.
Irrexxxsible consists of series of 12 X-Rays illuminated by 12 Negatoscopes, the same old fashion X-ray Viewer lightboxes which we are familiar with, in our orthopedist office. Each image is unique and impossible to reproduce as it’s the one and the only result of this specific photographic action and that’s what exactly makes them attractive while keeps them away from the production and reproduction craze.
Irrexxxsible consists of series of 12 X-Rays illuminated by 12 Negatoscopes, the same old fashion X-ray Viewer lightboxes which we are familiar with, in our orthopedist office. Each image is unique and impossible to reproduce as it’s the one and the only result of this specific photographic action and that’s what exactly makes them attractive while keeps them away from the production and reproduction craze.
Baldari’s installation immediately transforms the gallery into an observatory/Lab space, to study the under layers of the society, eliminating all its vivid color coatings and trending tricks.
Amirali Ghasemi, April 2010