Insomnia

I close my eyes, only for a moment 

And the moment’s gone 

I take another pill, but it doesn’t work for me anymore.

I close my eyes again. All shapes and colours are playing in my mind…

Silence! Darkness has fallen

Everywhere, people slept . To forget reality; to find lost paradise in their dreams. But she can not sleep easily. The concerns of modern life make people unhappy and, makes her more. Because only insomnia gives her that visual intuition; that understanding of society, past and present. She is trying to avoid hibernation, he wants to protect the illusions which are so vital to producing her artwork. She tries to avoid the epidemic of sleeping medication that sterilize the thoughtful mind

Insomnia provokes her unconscious into challenging the real world, to search for reality and memories of the surrounding environment.  Although insomnia for the audience can be a bitter, violent experience, for the artist it is an essential tool in composing their mind and their art 

This collection presents artistic expression of 52 selected Iranian artists with different medium and technique, such as painting, sculpture, photo and photomontage, which shows that in face, for artists, insomnia does not mean that they do not dream – on the contrary – it gives them the strength to visualize their expression and keep them more focused

Artists List

Abdolrahman Mojarrad Aida Mirzanaeini, Akram Abolhasani, Amirhasan Safari, Atefeh Hosseini, Azin Yousefiani, Bahareh Farzad, Elham K a z e mi, Fariba Rahnavard, Farzaneh Afshari, Fatemeh Eslamian, Fatemeh Ghadery, Golnaz Atar, Hamidreza Fotohy, Homayoun Hayati, Ida Hosseinian, Kobra Khaki, Mahdi Shadizadeh, Mahsa jafarian, Mahsa Leylabi, Mansour Ghaderi, Meysam Oliyaee, Mina Alizadeh, Mina Azarmand, Mohammad Zarghi, Mohammad hasan Arjmand, Nahid Menbari, Nargess Motevaled Bakhshayesh, Nasrin Amiri, Neda chaychi, Niousha Hajian, Pardis & Parto Ahmadpour, Reza Razm, Sahar Baseri Saadi,  Sahar Khalaji, Samaneh Hosseini, Samantha Sabetnia, Samira Ostovan, Samira Soleymani Nejad, Sanaz Gholami, Setareh Taji Shahnaz Alipoori, Shima Ghasemi, Tala Ranjbaran, Vida Jilanchi, Yasaman Safaei, Zahra Jafarzadeh, Zahra Mohammadi, Zeinab Jafari, Zeynab Rahmani