The Restless Line: Images From Exile by Mehrdad Rashidi

by Roger Cardinal, Colin Rhodes (Introduction)

Color plates reproducing the work of Iranian Outsider artist Mehrdad Rashidid, prefaced by short essays from Colin Rhodes and Roger Cardinal.

Iranian exile Mehrdad Rashidi doodles on old notebooks, envelopes, shopping receipts and discarded advertising pamphlets, producing an extraordinary and hauntingly beautiful body of work.

59 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

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[Mir · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Mehrdad Rashidi was born in the town of Sari in Northern Iran in 1963. At the age of 20 he fled Iran because of his political views and settled in Germany. In 2006, for no particular reason, he began to draw. He found it relaxed him and made him feel happy, he also thought of his homeland, his childhood and easier times in his life whilst he doodled on any piece of paper that came to hand. These included old notebooks, envelopes, shopping receipts and discarded advertising pamphlets.

I was not interested in advises, how to work, nor did I copy anyone elses work. I was happy that I had started and I'm still curios how it develops and grows. All I draw comes from me, my own feelings.

This 2014 work, "Schermata," was completed subsequent the publication of the book, but I'm including it because I like it.