Lot 85: Pooya Aryanpour (Iran, born 1971) Floating objects,

Floating objects, acrylic on canvas, signed and dated in Farsi lower left, on reverse signed, dated 2009 and inscribed with the medium, size and title, 220 x 160cm (86 5/8 x 63in).

The movement of white lines on a mysterious surface is representative of Aryanpour's work. The white lines seen in his earlier works are depictions of the synthesis between plants and humans. As his works evolved the vegetal motifs were combined with abstract designs representing the artist's refusal to bow to traditional Persian calligraphy as an expression of his cultural background.