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NOSTALGIA OF BLUE
From January 15th until February 7th 2009
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"About three years ago and during a visit to Toronto, while my subconscious was still religiously suppressing my nostalgic sentiments; perhaps to facilitate the adaptation to my new country, I was invited by a dear friend to an Iranian Vodka bar called Banoo (Lady) in the Queen West Street.
In that hot, humid summer mid-day and under the mild spell of some fine vodka, an overdosing amount of acute nostalgia, managed to escape to the surface, under the astounded gaze of my lethargic brain.
To my surprise and amidst all the elements emanating nostalgia, I was affected, neither by a steaming Samovar in the corner nor by the fragrance of the Persian cuisine, neither by the pictures on the wall nor by the traditional Iranian tea cups, but strangely, shockingly, by some seemingly insignificant little Blue tiles, covering the surface of the table.
In my latest trip to Iran, I searched the old city of Yazd; arguably the land’s best preserved “old urban architecture”, for that nostalgic blue.
The pictures in this collection have been taken in passing. No tripod, no planning ahead, no return to the same location and no waiting for the ideal light. One camera, one lens, very limited time and tons of nostalgic blue for building some nostalgic memories."
Mehrad Ahari
:: Mehrad Ahari ::
Mehrad Ahari was born in Tehran in January 1976. He immigrated to Canada in 2003 and has resided in Montréal ever since. He has an engineering degree from “Sharif University of technology” in Tehran, a master in Aerospace from “Concordia University” and currently is studying MBA at HEC Montreal.
He started learning and practicing photography in 2002 and he is mostly self-taught but has also taken photography lessons in Tehran and in Montreal’s Saidye Bronfman Centre for art.
He has participated in four group exhibitions, in Tehran and in Montreal, and “Nostalgia of Blue” is his first solo exhibition.
To visite Mehrad Ahari's website: http://mehradahari.com
Photos - Nostalgia of blue: http://mehradahari.com/blog/?page_id=27
Opening Hours:
Tue-Friday 11am - 7pm
Sat & Sun: 12pm - 6pm
