Sam Samiee
Actually, very often I quote things in the paintings, which really interest me. In the painting, I'm really pointing to what I'm kind of referring to, emotionally or whatever. Like in a particular painting, I have this kind of quote. It's not a program for the whole painting but is a playful way of showing what I'm seeing at the moment. Sometimes I'm really tempted to just paint it because I love it so much, I just want to have it in the painting.
Sam Samiee’s (1988, Iran) work may be read as an ongoing investigation into the ever-changing, fragmentary relationships between the things filling our world. Be it nature—the sky reflected in the water—or the many symbols pulsing in the body of society, Samiee manages to capture and portray his subject in a way that innovates, elucidates and illuminates, yet never restricts. He employs his mastery against rigidity.
