Soon after its discovery, it was adopted by artists who were captivated by the rich blue shades of the technique, most notably, the photographer Anna Atkins. Engineers and architects used this process well into the 20th century and the prints were referred to as blueprints. His works show echoes and traces that were left by objects while exposing cyanotypes in the sun.Ĭyanotypes were first discovered by Sir John Herschel in 1842 as a simple and low-cost process to produce copies of notes and drawings. The Netherlands-based Fakhim uses cyanotypes to create installations that live in their own world, far from the conventional assumptions with which this technique is often associated. Her cyanotypes in this exhibition are of organic material that she destroyed and fractured before photographing it, thereby commenting on the beauty of the natural world while also acknowledging the damaging effects humans can have on it. The showcase that opened on July 9 is curated by Dutch artist Joost Vandebrug and will run until September 4.ĭashti’s experience of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war weighs on her artistic work. The exhibit named “Blues” is also hanging works by five other pioneering artists from the United States, Belgium, Japan, Sweden and the United Kingdom who each explore in their original and uncompromising way the historic photographic process of cyanotypes, the gallery has announced. TEHRAN – A group exhibition of cyanotypes underway at Ingrid Deuss Gallery in Antwerp, Belgium is showcasing works by Iranian artists Gohar Dashti and Arash Fakhim.
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