Peace Series Acrylic Painting

Nastalique inspired calligraphy acrylic painting from the on canvas 'Peace series" 

Artwork Description

 about this acrylic painting

Zindashti’s artistic practice is inspired by architectural theory, particularly the relationship between physical structure and ethical or spiritual presence. He views his artworks as alternative spaces for reflection, built with the same intentionality as sacred architectural design. Each piece is layered with the Prayer for Prosperity, abstracted into Seljukian and talismanic scripts that loop and intertwine.

The forms are not decorative calligraphy, but rather spiritual scripts made alive through repetition, rhythm, and layered abstraction. These repeated invocations become quiet meditations, offering spiritual resonance without the need for direct religious instruction or iconography. The visual field becomes a site for prayer, not through language, but through motion, texture, and visual incantation.

Zindashti does not reference specific verses from the Quran or classical Persian poetry in his calligraphic forms. Instead, he creates open-ended, sacred gestures, inviting viewers from all backgrounds to participate in spiritual reflection. 

According to Iranian art critic Shahrouz Nazari, this form of calligraphy has emancipated itself from historical limitations. Nazari writes that such work liberates both artist and viewer from nostalgic ties to religious architecture and tradition. He believes this freedom creates space for more personal, contemporary spiritual experience through abstraction.

Although Zindashti’s work may resemble surfaces seen in mosques of Tabriz, palaces of Bokhara, or bazaars in Damascus, they are neither imitations nor restorations of past design. They are grounded in present-day reflection, not memory or replication.

His calligraphy owes more to mid-century geometric abstraction than to religious ornamentation from traditional Islamic spaces. By stripping away cultural, linguistic, and religious references, he creates artworks that bypass nostalgia and seek pure spiritual resonance. He began studying calligraphy in 1994, just one year before starting his formal university studies. Since then, he has continued his research and practice with deep focus and devotion to the craft.

His work merges sacred aesthetics with visual innovation, blending calligraphy, book arts, and spatial design principles. Each composition becomes a sanctuary for reflection, a quiet geometry that echoes both prayer and presence.

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copyright

This acrylic painting is one of a kind original therefore, all copyrights and reproduction rights are reserved by the artist.