ArtDayMe : This article explores and evaluates Salman Moghadasi's 2019 work “ Sky,” which challenges the limits of form and meaning with its 340 by 190 centimeter proportions.

Hugo Ball highlights in his book “Flight Out of Time: A Dada Diary” that art is a method to get away from a crazy period. His thoughts on avant-garde art and its function in challenging conventional structures and modernity's crises are examined in this book.

The distinction between avant-garde and traditional art is based on the daring to break the conventions and common structures, as well as the emphasis on fresh expression and a unique perspective.

When a piece of art is distant from current art movements, the challenge becomes more significant. Because it will be harder for critics and the art community to accept an artist's viewpoint the more it deviates from traditional routes. Because of this, many artists lack the bravery to face such harsh criticism.

However, avant-garde art is about more than just bravery. Proper information and study, good skill, and clever presentation all contribute to its success. Aside from these factors, the target community's capability and acceptance are critical to the movement's success.

Salman Moghadasi's piece “Sky” straddles the line between meaning and abstraction; it is bold, black and white, and filled with silence punctuated by forms. The work defies classical art's logic and balance by starting in the middle and wildly spreading to the left.

The little dot in the center of the canvas is arguably the piece's most noticeable feature. Despite its tiny size, this dot serves as a weight to maintain the composition's equilibrium. In classical calligraphy, dots are added at the end of lines to maintain the balance of sight.

This idea has been translated into another language by Salman Moghadasi. In this piece of art, he has changed the dot from just an indicator to a crucial part in the structure, to the point that its elimination destroys the work's concealed order.

“Sky” stands apart from previous Salman Moghadasi pieces because of its audacity in handling negative space. With the exception of that tiny dot, the right half of the piece appears nearly blank. However, just as silence is an essential component of music, so too is this emptiness an element of the composition. Form finds a place to dance in this space; it dances between heaviness and release, between presence and absence, between sound and silence.

“Sky” is more than just a piece of writing or abstraction. It is a moment when silence and speech, weight and freedom, and age and renewal converge.

The creative painter Salman [Abdollah] Moghadasi was born on August 16, 1977, in Tehran. He attended the first International Calligraphy Conference of the Islamic World in 2002, where he won first place in the New Trends category.

Following successful shows throughout Iran, the Middle East, China, and Russia, Moghadasi unveiled a unique and thought-provoking collection in 2023 on Dubai's famed art strip, Al Khayat Avenue.

This phase is the start of new journeys and, in a sense, his second significant and protracted step toward achieving stunning and creative visions.

His life and endeavors are not solely focused on delivering a magnificent work of art. However, it also reflects his great commitment to developing a field of ideas for human beings to achieve perfection. And because of this, he is now one of the most prominent and up-and-coming figures in the field of contemporary art.