New Work: Pathways to Mughal Paradise

Mark Dorman’s new work is called Pathways to a Mughal Paradise: Variations. Mark’s works, in oil on wood panels and oil on canvas, use the original vibrant jewel colors of Persian and Indian miniature painting, particularly using colors from the time of the Mughal dynasty of emperors that ruled for 300 years (c.1500-1800) in India. The surface of the wood panels is prepared like Renaissance and Russian Icons, emanating from ancient traditions. Mark Dorman’s work reflects a contemporary view of the structural elements of the palaces in the backgrounds of Persian miniatures. These pieces put a new and jazzy twist on Persian miniatures, with punctuating movement, as well as being modeled like mandelas, reflected in square and rectangular shapes, as opposed to concentric circles. The use of architectural blocks in motion harkens back to the Bauhaus movement of 1919 to 1933 and is reminiscent of Mondrian and Mies Van der Rohe. Mark calls his work Post-Modern Bauhaus.

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Digital photography courtesy of Chip Feise/cflp.com