Mehdi Ghadyanloo

Mehdi Ghadyanloo (b.1981, Karaj, Iran) paintings depict brightly colored playground slides, toys, and ladders housed within illuminated box-like chambers, made with meticulous attention to geometry, color, and chiaroscuro. Perspectival illusions create the effect of three-dimensional spaces lit from above by circular skylights. These playground structures, which have become the artist’s signature motif, function as monuments to psychological states as much as physical constructions. Devoid of figures, the enigmatic spaces evoke childhood nostalgia while channeling existential themes. (Courtesy of Perrotin)