Gardens are & have been an integral part of life for millennia. Whether a utilitarian patch of land that produces life sustaining food or beautifully manicured place of comfort & inspiration, we have always found the need to cultivate, grow & tend to flora & vegetation. The work in Bounty approaches the garden from various perspectives, meanings & traditions to present a feast for the eye & mind.
Mahtab Firouzabadi is a North Vancouver based artist whose work explores the interactions between nature, urbanism, culture & tradition in a contemporary form. This body of work is inspired by traditional Persian poetry, in which gardens are often employed as symbols of paradise or places of sanctuary & solace. Firouzabadi transforms these notions of still perfection into energetic brushstrokes & chaotic colours, reflecting the fast-paced disruption of contemporary life. Through wild abstracted trees, flowers & even people, these gardens invite us inside to contemplate our place in the ever-changing world.
