Entglittene Sicht Exhibition, installation at the Bellevue Hall in Wiesbaden Studio window as a metaphor in the exhibition space. Here, painted imaginary windows of the studio are juxtaposed with the real windows of the Bellevue Hall. The artistically themed studio windows (portrait formatted panel paintings) […]
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aab ~ water
aab ~ water Paintings & Installation2014-2018 As is always the case in Ahmad Rafi’s multi-layered and complex artistic position, it didn‘t remain a purely natural reflection. He engaged with a traditional philosophical concept that interprets flowing water as the embodiment of human existence and as […]
book series – water paintings
book series – water paintings Book objects, 14 pieces, each: 27 x 20 x 4 cm
Fata Morgana
Fata Morgana Painting installationBook installation, 12 parts 2019-2020Oil on book covers, each 28 x 22 x 4 cm The 12-part painting installation presents the river landscape of the Rhine in fog. The pictures, which make up a 12-part art history volume, are depicted on book […]
water painting canvas
water painting canvas Following on from the Water Books, Rafi created an eleven part series of canvases on the same subject. The 14 small paintings now became studies for the following eleven paintings.
water waintings on canvas blue
water paintings on canvas blue The breaking waves, the pounding of water and its complex flowing movement bestow a loud roar upon the quiet paintings.
neon
Oil on canvas with neon light The two large formats stand out in the series. Ahmad Rafi had already broached the subject of the ships graveyard in the “miniature paintings”. Here he is on land, but water still plays a pivotal role.
In the Flow of Things
Video Installation “In the Flow of Things” For Heraklit flowing water was also emblematic of the transitoriness of everything earthly. “Panta rhei” – everything flows, nothing stays the same.