Payam Rostami
Payam Rostami trained in classical nastaliq calligraphy and now paints the GESTURE of writing with none of the letters — the arm movement of a scribe, kept, the script removed.
Sweeping black gestural strokes over a chalky white ground — the rhythm and pressure of calligraphic script with every legible letter stripped away, leaving only the motion behind the hand.
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Ink and gesso on canvas
Sourced directly from Payam Rostami in IR. Each piece carries its object number (Nº A0019) and a note on the hands that made it.