Zahra Rezadoost, returns to the theme of the house in her latest series—this time not to its interior spaces, but to the exterior moments shaped by night, light, and shadow. Two years ago, she presented a series in this same gallery centered on the inside of the home; yet her new works offer a different perspective, one that emerges from the stillness of the house seen from outside.
In these paintings, the house is not a fixed architectural form but a visual narrative shaped by shifting light, shadow, and surface. Small, scattered illuminations do not reveal; instead, they open pathways into a story, turning each painting into a moment that invites the viewer to imagine what comes next. Rezadoost treats light as a force that unfolds new scenes—scenes defined less by architectural detail than by the atmosphere they create.
By focusing on the exterior facade, she directs attention to a quietness that often disappears into the night. Here, even the most silent fronts carry traces of presence and past—not through movement or sound, but through a quality emerging from the layers of color and light. The houses occupy a space between brightness and darkness, a transitional state that forms the central language of the series and offers room for unfolding narrative.
Rezadoost’s new works are less a depiction of the house itself and more an exploration of the conditions in which the idea of home takes shape: conditions built from night, limited illumination, and a stillness that carries its own story. This series suggests that the house, even in its quietest moments, has the capacity to generate new realms of narrative—realms that each viewer can extend in a personal way.
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