On 9 October 2017, at 6.30 pm, at the same time and on the occasion of Rome Art Week 2017, Interno 14 presents "The Word and Its Transformations" by Amir Yeke, curated by Roberta Melasecca.

Every reality, in order to fit into our mental structures and to get in touch with other realities, to be thought, must take on an image. Thus begins a process that enables the image to be transformed: reality becomes action, other existence, the word re-emerges and intersects directly and spontaneously with inspirations, experiences.

The image is enriched with the forms of the word: letters and shapes of the word itself, written in different languages, merge with the signs and the colors. From this fusion, a new body of matter is born that everyone can see, understand, and distinguish.

It is a unique and unrepeatable process: and human is just that complex phenomenon capable of accommodating all "words". 

Amir Yeke was born in Tehran (Iran) in 1973.. At the age of fourteen, as an accomplished student, he was selected in a program of the Ministry of Education to continue his studies in a school for gifted; He continued however attending the public school as his parents preferred. He first approached art by taking interest in photography. He attended a three-year course in artistic photography with professor Mohammad Sattari. He moved to the Arts District of Tehran renting an apartment, his home-studio for six years. In 1998 he gave up his business definitely to obtain the high school diploma, which he abandoned years before. From that moment on he devoted himself exclusively to art. He attended the school of figurative drawing of Ahmad Vakili (one of the most known Iranian contemporary painters);here too he was one of the most distinguished students. He harbored interest in human figure, as a structure of absolute perfection in continuous change and vibration. In 2002, he enrolled at the Fine Arts Academy of Yerevan, Armenia. Within the Russian academic system, represented by professors Grigor Aghasyan and Edward Vardanian, he experimented with and absorbed the traditional academic disciplines. He investigated the compositional potential of color getting inspired by the masters of Armenian modern art like Minas Avetisyan, Martiros Saryan and Sarkis Hamalbashian who, in Amir's opinion, are Armenia's most revolutionary painters. In a chance encounter in Yerevan he met the cultural attaché of the Italian Embassy in Armenia, who urged him to continue his artistic career in Italy. Thereby in 2007, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, where he explored painting techniques; he was interested particularly in the lessons of Moreno Bondi. He graduated in 2011 with honors. He travelled almost all over Europe, exploring the artworks of the greatest masters of art. He mastered techniques and painting concepts without favouring any "ISM", rather, absorbing everything they include, in order to arrive at a synthesis through shapes, colors and essential signs. The concept of synthesis, indeed, is the basis of his art, and that is a distinctive feature of Iranian art and history, that is: absorbing different elements from the world and synthesizing them, in order to come to a very personal, new and original item. Amir participated in various workshops and performances, in addition to numerous collective exhibitions. Amir currently lives and works in Rome.

 INFO

Amir Yeke. “The Word and Its Transformations”
Curated by Roberta Melasecca

Until October 21, 2017: from 9 to 14 October every day from 18 to 20.30 - from 15 to 21 October by appointment: 3494945612

The initiative is not intended for commercial purposes of any kind but is part of the cultural activities of the association.

AIAC Associazione Italiana di Architettura e Critica
Art Director Interno 14 – press office Roberta Melasecca
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