Book "What Happened, Happened": Akram Ahmadi Tavana in Conversation with Mojtaba Amini

Bilingual Hardcover Size: 16.7 × 23.4 cm Pages: 135 Though his work is complex and veiled, Mojtaba Amini is one of the chroniclers among the artists of our time. Leafing through this conversation, a review of his work over the past decade, becomes an occasion to revisit particular moments in the political history of several of the world's troubled regions, though through a selection, desire and interpretation entirely his own. His ambiguous reports draw the viewer's attention to a specific point where, tellingly, the main subject has been removed, and only a faint trace of an event or a barely perceptible mark of a human being remains. In this way, the viewer of Amini's work does not simply observe; they experience a process of searching and an uncertain threshold of understanding and engagement. Understanding Mojtaba Amini's work requires knowing him and returning to his work again and again; although the outcome of his thinking and practice often takes the form of a single work suited to its subject, engaging with the works depends on seeing them as a whole, and this is how each work acquires meaning. The artist's concerns guide the viewer toward the impulse behind each work and its multitude of signs. This conversation is an attempt to help readers dig into the hidden layers of Amini's work and, for a few moments, view the world of his subjects from the artist's perspective.