This Side
There is light.
We neither see nor touch it.
In its empty clarities rests
What we touch and see.
I see with my fingertips
What my eyes touch:
Shadows, the world.
With shadows I draw worlds,
I scatter worlds with shadows.
I hear the light beat on the other side.
- Octavio Paz
In a collaborative exhibition, SARAI Gallery (SARADIPOUR) and Nian Art Gallery are pleased to present Walking Through the Darkness as part of Karavan Projects: a selection of figurative paintings and monotype drawings by Iranian artist Ali Zakeri. Hosted by Tehran-based Nian Art Gallery, Walking Through the Darkness opens on April 28 and will continue to run until May 19, 2023. The present series is a continuation of the artist's musings on boxing both as a sport and a spectacle and the metaphoric state of boxing figures in the ring. Nian Art Gallery is closed on Saturdays.
