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Mona Niko
ART Habens
can also understand from its title it shows the
loving of the one whom she was looking for a
long time and now they are together and
united and are enjoying the most. If you look
at the woman’s figure in this painting all the
Islamic, figurative and traditional Iranian
elements have been used to show her deep
Persian roots.
The common idea in all of my paintings is a
character of a woman for her fragility and
delicacy but at the same time so flexible and
tough and in some cases man and woman are
combined. My intention is to show today
woman who is a reflection of the past woman
whom with all the modernization has still kept
her traditional roots. But still every painting
has its own story.
To better show the idea of this painting, the
most important elements which engage the
audience mind are these light and dark
shades. Theses tones would attract the
audience and lead them to the main subject
of the painting. In general all art works would
be attractive with these light and dark shades
and color tones. Knowing the degree of these
shades plays an important role in giving
colors to the items and the level of darkness
makes items separate from each other and
reveals the texture of each item. In fact I
don’t like darkness and I am looking for
brightness but that darkness with its silence
can convey thousands of meanings to the
audience so you cannot remove them from
the painting.
In “The Angel” painting, I tried showing the
idea of a newlywed lady who is ready for her
new life. She is reaching the sky by the angel
wings. I Also showed an Iranian man and
woman in the background who are deeply
rooted in their Persian ancient culture. In all
the elements of the canvas I tried showing the
happiness of a woman in her most beautiful
night, her wedding night, through colors and
visual elements to convey the full message to
my audience. In “I want you” painting, as you
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