Shirana Shahbazi 
(Born 1974, Iran; lives and works in Zurich) 
'[Komposition-48-2012]', 2012
'[Komposition-15-2011]', 2011
'[Komposition-21-2011]', 2011
'[Komposition-13-2011]', 2011
C-prints on aluminum
90 x 70 cm each
UBS Art Collection
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Peter Kilchmann Zurich, Paris ©︎ Shirana Shahbazi

Shirana Shahbazi studied photography and design in specialized art schools in Dortmund and Zurich. She creates portraits, still-lifes and landscapes, but also compositions solely consisting of colored fields. Shahbazi is concerned with the paradox between reality and fantasy and representation and abstraction. She works exclusively with analogue methods, which perfectly suit her love of precision and great technical mastery.

[Komposition-48-2012], [Komposition-15-2011], [Komposition-21-2011] and [Komposition-13-2011] belong to a series of non-figurative, colorful works shot in the artist’s studio. Brightly painted pedestals and other geometric shapes are carefully arranged and photographed. Colors and forms overlap, an effect that is achieved by moving and shifting the elements during exposure times. As a result, the same objects are visible from different perspectives in one image. The intersections create depth and generate new shades of color. Shahbazi gently deceives our perception by making three-dimensional objects seem like the airy interplay of translucent hues. Although reminiscent of the rigorous paintings of the Zurich Concrete Art school, these are traditional photographs.

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