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Mohammad Modirzadeh was born in 1967 to a family where the arts were highly regarded and pursued. As a child٫ he developed a fascination for paints, pencils, and paintbrushes as the tools for expressing one’s imagination. At a young age he found himself at home in the creative world of painting and showed great interest and involvement in it. In elementary school, his curiosity and creativity did not go unnoticed by his educators who often praised and rewarded him for his talent.Naturally, as a teenager he grew increasingly serious about painting, and specifically gravitated toward watercolor as his favorite medium.By 1991 his persistent involvement with painting had reached a professional level...Modirzadeh obtained his Master’s degree in Art Studies. His track record includes numerous exhibitions in the Middle East, Europe and North America. Over the years, in addition to education and creating acrylic and watercolor paintings, he has been heavily involved with teaching. To him, teaching was a vehicle that propelled his art to an entirely new level of maturity.
In his work, Modirzadeh seeks freedom from cliché and empty expressions. His work is a report of his suffering and concerns in his relationship with the modern world. Modirzadeh’s illustration world speaks to his audience about several important human issues, including the demise of morality, the destruction of the planet and its consequences, the never-ending chain of imposed and illegal wars, the youth victims of the continuous struggles in a state of chaos, and the gruesome cruelty of humans toward animals, to name a few. Modirzadeh views modern civilization under the shadow of a self-imposed imprisonment; An imprisonment that is a consequence of the ever-growing dominance of industrialization over civilization and the greed of world powers at play.
Modirzadeh’s style can be structurally considered a combination of an abstract foundation with forms arising from expressive cell shaped lines, textures and colors with metaphorical messages, and a variety of very personal symbols specially arranged in an indexed fashion. The highly revered Aydin Aghdashloo has described Modirzadeh’s work as
“a successful example of skillful mastery and substantial technical expertise in exploring the boundary of abstract and figurative arts, which achieves a tender and homogenous system riding on the closeness and interaction of the two.”
محمد مدیرزاده متولد سال ۱۳۴۶ خورشیدی، هنرمندی است که از دوره‌ی کودکی شیفته‌ی مداد و قلم مو و رنگ شد و استعداد هنریش در دوره‌ی دبستان مورد توجه مربیانش قرار گرفت. بعدها در دوره‌ی نوجوانی به شکل کمی جدی تر به نقاشی آبرنگ پرداخت و در نهایت از حوالی سال ۱۳۷۰ نقاشی حرفه ای را آغاز کرد
او دانش آموخته‌ی رشته‌ی پژوهش هنر در مقطع کارشناسی ارشد است و چندین نمایشگاه نقاشی در ایران و چند کشور اروپایی و آمریکای شمالی را در کارنامه‌ی هنری خود دارد. او سال ها است که در موازات تحصیل و نقاشی با مدیوم اکریلیک و آبرنگ، فعالیت گسترده‌ای در عرصه‌ی آموزش هنر نیز داشته است.
نقاشی های محمد مدیرزاده، فارغ از کلیشه و شعار، گزارشی است از دغدغه‌ها و رنج های او که برآمده از شرایط اجتماعی جهان امروز است. به طور عمده، تصاویر ذهنی او زوال اخلاق، تخریب طبیعت و تاثیرات اقلیمی آن، جنگ های تحمیلی مکرر در جهان و قربانی شدن کودکان در کشاکش هرج و مرج ها و بی رحمی نسبت به جانوران را یادآوری می کند. او اسارت خود خواسته ی انسان معاصر را بخشی از تبعات استیلای فزاینده‌ی فن آوری بر زندگی او و زیاده خواهی قدرت ها می داند
به لحاظ فرم و ساختار، جهان تصویری او را بستری انتزاعی با فرم هایی بیانگر از خطوط سلولی شکل، بافت ها، رنگ های استعاری و انواع نشانه های بسیار شخصی، اغلب از نوع نمایه ها، شکل می دهد.
به بیان آیدین آغداشلو: نقاشی های محمد مدیرزاده نمونه‌ی موفق مهارت و تسلطی هستند که در کنار اجرای فنی قابل توجه و استادانه، مرز باریک میان نقاشی انتزاعی و واقع گرا را نشانه می زنند و در نهایت، به مجموعه ای لطیف و همگون از این تعامل و هم نشینی دست پیدا می کنند
مهرماه ۱۳۸۷
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Overview and HistoryTehran is the capital of Iran and the largest city in the Middle East, with a population of fifteen million people living under the peaks of the Alborz mountain range.Although archaeological evidence places human activity around Tehran back into the years 6000BC, the city was not mentioned in any writings until much later, in the thirteenth century. It's a relatively new city by Iranian standards.But Tehran was a well-known village in the ninth century. It grew rapidly when its neighboring city, Rhages, was destroyed by Mongolian raiders. Many people fled to Tehran.In the seventeenth century Tehran became home to the rulers of the Safavid Dynasty. This is the period when the wall around the city was first constructed. Tehran became the capital of Iran in 1795 and amazingly fast growth followed over the next two hundred years.The recent history of Tehran saw construction of apartment complexes and wide avenues in place of the old Persian gardens, to the detriment of the city's cultural history.The city at present is laid out in two general parts. Northern Tehran is more cosmopolitan and expensive, southern Tehran is cheaper and gets the name "downtown."Getting ThereMehrabad airport is the original one which is currently in the process of being replaced by Imam Khomeini International Airport. The new one is farther away from the city but it now receives all the international traffic, so allow an extra hour to get there or back.TransportationTehran driving can be a wild free-for-all like some South American cities, so get ready for shared taxis, confusing bus routes and a brand new shiny metro system to make it all better. To be fair, there is a great highway system here.The metro has four lines, tickets cost 2000IR, and they have segregated cars. The women-only carriages are the last two at the end, FYI.Taxis come in two flavors, shared and private. Private taxis are more expensive but easier to manage for the visiting traveler. Tehran has a mean rush hour starting at seven AM and lasting until 8PM in its evening version. Solution? Motorcycle taxis! They cut through the traffic and any spare nerves you might have left.People and CultureMore than sixty percent of Tehranis were born outside of the city, making it as ethnically and linguistically diverse as the country itself. Tehran is the most secular and liberal city in Iran and as such it attracts students from all over the country.Things to do, RecommendationsTake the metro to the Tehran Bazaar at the stop "Panzda Gordad". There you can find anything and everything -- shoes, clothes, food, gold, machines and more. Just for the sight of it alone you should take a trip there.If you like being outside, go to Darband and drink tea in a traditional setting. Tehranis love a good picnic and there are plenty of parks to enjoy. Try Mellat park on a friday (fridays are public holidays), or maybe Park Daneshjou, Saaii or Jamshidieh.Remember to go upstairs and have a look around, always always always! The Azadi Tower should fit the bill; it was constructed to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the Persian Empire.Tehran is also full of museums such as:the Contemporary Art Museumthe Abghine Musuem (glass works)the 19th century Golestan Royal Palace museumthe museum of carpets (!!!)Reza Abbasi Museum of extraordinary miniaturesand most stunning of all,the Crown Jewels Museum which holds the largest pink diamond in the world and many other jaw-dropping jewels.Text by Steve Smith.
