Dachausmittlungen 2 Print

‘Roof Arrangements’ 1906-2021 Once, in my never-ending rummage of my beloved bookstore (the oldest in Vienna), exploring its damp and forgotten cellar, I came across a box that was filled with old architectural plans and furniture designs, with color lithographies and water color on paper with dating back to 19th-20th century. The artists and designers exemplary attention to every detail caught my eyes. The artistic value undoubtedly went beyond a mere design advertisement. I was reminded of Persian Artist, Sohrab Sepehri, poet of 20th century, who had once written in spring of 1945, that no piece of art can be that complete/perfect that it can not be improved upon. So with some hesitation, realising what the original designer/artist had accomplished, I went to work, painted new artworks inspired by these rare collection, added my elements to them, in a way that once done, it would seem as if these pieces looked always like this had never been apart. Through this method, I was able to give new life to those pieces, and present the designer’s works to the public after over hundred years. And about why I chose the title of these Series “Present Perfect Continuous”: we use present perfect continuous in English for the actions and events that happened in the past and never stopped. It seems that something is being added or repeated again and again. It is similar to what I have done in these pieces.