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JAAFAR DASHTI: AESTHETICISM, IMAGE AND COLOR
BY NAJM ABDULLAH
TEHRAN, JULY 7 (KUNA) -- IF NATURE HELPS A PERSON IMPROVE THEIR BEHAVIOUR
AND IS CONSIDERED A STRONG FACET OF ONE'S HAPPINESS, THEN IMAGE AND COLOR ARE
TWO MAIN COMPONENTS IN ACHIEVING AESTHETICS IN LIFE, KUWAITI ABSTRACT PAINTER
AND SCULPTOR JAAFAR DASHTI SAID.
DASHTI, WHOSE WORK IS ON DISPLAY AT TEHRAN UNIVERSITY FOR FINE ARTS AS PART
OF THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN KUWAIT AND IRAN, TOLD KUWAIT NEWS AGENCY
(KUNA) ON SUNDAY THAT HIS WORK CARRIES A MESSAGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THE EXHIBITION, WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WEEK, HAS RECEIVED MUCH
ATTENTION FROM THE IRANIAN AUDIENCE AND IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST
PROMINENT ART DISPLAYS TO EMBODY THE TOPIC OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION IN
OIL PAINTINGS THAT REFLECT THE COLORS OF NATURE. THE EXHIBITION HAS APTLY
BEEN TITLED "MOTHER EARTH."
AS FOR THE REASON BEHIND NAMING THE EXHIBITION "MOTHER EARTH," DASHTI SAID
THAT KUWAIT, HIS NATIVE LAND, IS A PART OF MOTHER EARTH WHICH ON A DAILY BASIS
FACES DESTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION. PEOPLE ENJOY LIFE ALL YEAR LONG,
PARTICULARLY DURING THE SPRING TIME WHEN THE WORLD IS SURROUNDED WITH THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL COLORS. WITH THE CHANGE OF SEASON, MOTHER EARTH CHANGES ITS COLORS
AS WELL, DISPLAYING DEEPER TONES AND HUES WHICH ALSO REFLECT ON US AS HUMAN
BEINGS.
DASHTI CONNECTS BETWEEN COLOR AND DAILY LIFE SAYING THAT WE DRAW FROM THE
COLORS FOUND AROUND US IN NATURE, WHICH GIVES US THE ENERGY TO MOVE FORWARD ON
A DAILY BASIS AND BE PRODUCTIVE AND HAPPY INDIVIDUALS.
THIS CONNECTION IS THE SECRET TO LIFE, HE SAID, AS WELL AS THE KEY TO OUR
EXISTENCE. IN TURN, THIS IS THE AXIS ON WHICH THESE PAINTINGS ARE BUILT,
DASHTI SAID, AND IS THE PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS ON WHICH THE EXHIBITION CIRCLES
AROUND.
JAAFAR DASHTI HAS RECEIVED MANY AWARDS, BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
THROUGH THE USE OF AGED WOOD, HE IS THE FIRST ARTIST FROM THE GULF REGION TO
CREATE ANTIQUE KUWAITI ARTWORK IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS, AS A PERSONAL EFFORT TO
PRESERVE THE NATION'S HERITAGE AND CULTURE. (END)
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