the plasticity of perception

Capture Gallery New York City, September - October 2016

Fallahpour’s work explores the fragility of human nature, resilience, stillness, and transcendence. Reduced to their most basic and minimal form, his stylized sculpted figures convey subtle yet powerful expressions that hint at an underlying range of deep emotion. Fallahpour often works with plaster, applying it to steel rods and frames, an artistic process that brings a spontaneity to his vision, a sense of immediacy as he creates a work before the plaster dries. His finished pieces are inspired in the moment by this dynamic artistic process, by the tactile sensation of the plaster, and give rise to forms that explore what it means to perceive. Fallahpour’s interest and training in neuroscience and psychology adds an additional layer to his work as he incorporates the latest findings in brain science, and ponders the plasticity of our perception and the realities we construct. Central to his artistic vision, is the way an artist changes his medium to create art – and how, in turn, the finished art changes the creator, and the viewer. Fallahpour’s work is informed by sculptors Alberto Giacometti, Henry Moore, and Hans Josephsohn, as well as minimalist and contemporary movements in art. However, his sculptures retain a distinctive quality, a unique sensibility, one of ephemeral humanity, discernable throughout his series of work. The exhibition – Plasticity of Perception - was his first public show with Capture Gallery in NYC.