Ahoo Maher
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Ahoo Maher, After Corona Party , 2021£ 3,200.00
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Ahoo Maher, Body and Privacy, 2019£ 3,200.00
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Ahoo Maher, Endless, 2020Sold
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Ahoo Maher, More, 2020£ 3,200.00
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Ahoo Maher, Power Nap , 2020£ 2,900.00
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Ahoo Maher, The Dreamers , 2021£ 2,700.00
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Ahoo Maher, Unbreakable, 2016£ 550.00
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Ahoo Maher, Wedding, 2021£ 2,700.00
"The objective body is not the true version of the phenomenal body, that is, the true version of the body that we live; it is indeed no more than the latter's impoverished image." Maurice Merleau-Ponty
The "After" series are large-format oil and acrylic paintings in which I depict calm and peaceful moments of the people around me. The characters are my friends who love to party. But I only show them when they are quiet and empty the next day. They are no longer aggressive, loud, and energetic but instead have retreated to their homes in peace. When their souls have returned to their bodies, they will perceive themselves anew and return to everyday life.
I do not intend to criticize or confirm anything; I am just depicting people's lives from another angle so that others may look at them in the same way and perhaps relate or find recognizable elements. My intention is not take a moral stance, neither to make a statement; instead, I want to observe it and poneder without making any judgment, and to invite others to join me. I want to watch my surroundings from the outside and notice the concerns of my generation and their effects on me.
My starting point was the feeling of emptiness and meaninglessness that people sometimes experience when they return to their daily lives after a party. In my view, this is not necessarily positive or negative. I desire to have a neutral perspective, neither approving nor rejecting it: my standpoint is purely a moment of reflection. I want people to stop for a moment, pause, and look at the world from my point of view.
In the "After" paintings, I tell little stories. With limited colors and monotone background areas, I represent the moment of silence and offer the possibility for the figures to stand out.
The revolution in Iran in 1979 brought about a dramatic shift in the use of public and private space. Activities and social gatherings which were previously permitted in public space were no longer allowed. As a result, people have retreated into private space, and most relaxed gatherings and parties take place at home in order to bypass the imposed restrictions. Therefore, the mood and conditions at parties can be more personal than in a club in Europe for example. "After-hours" and post-party recovery also often happen on the same premises where the partying occurs. Whilst recovering you look around and observe the empty bottles, crisp packets, and other traces from the previous night. There is a striking contrast between before and after a party, i.e. a space that was occupied by moving figures becomes calm and quiet occupied by static sleeping human figures.
Born in Tehran, Iran
Lives and works in Vienna, Austria
EDUCATION
2017 Diploma in Contexual Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
2011 Musiktraining Cello Pedagogy, University of Music and Performing Art, Vienna
2009 Cello, Prayner Konsevatory for Music and Performing Art, Vienna
2007 BA Music,Tehran Music School, Tehran
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Die Schöne, Vienna, Austria
2018 Faces, Bordsteinschwalbe Gallery, Graz, Austria
2015 Diary, Dastan Basement Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Auffalen, Public Domain, Porgy and Bess, Vienna, Austria
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Show me three give me five, Salzamt, Linz
Photons, Wuk, Vienna
Female Art Auction, Artcare, Vienna
2021 Kunst AMmStern Hendricks, Vienna
Back hand, Soo Contemporary, Tehran
Young Art Auction, Vienna
Discomfort, Einflussraum, Vienna
2020 Young Art Auction, Artcare, Vienna
2019 Parallel Vienna Art Fair, Vienna
Young Art Auction, Artcare, Vienna
Holzhaus, Linz
Vignale Festival, Vienna
2018 Alserkal Avenue Gallery, Dubai
Paradise Garden, Philomenia Gallery, Vienna
DanubiArt, Besucherzentrum Welterbe, Regensburg
2017 Final Exhibition, Xhibit Gemӓlde Gallery, Vienna
Snack, Bibliothek Akademie der Bildende Kϋnste, Vienna
Update, Datan Gallery, Tehran
2016 Rundgang Akademie Der Bildende Kϋnste, Vienna
Art of Autism, Niavaran Cultural Centre, Tehran
Geviert, Universitӓt Bibliothek der Akademie Der bildende Kϋnste, Vienna
Frauen, Prosa, Vienna
30x30, Exhibition of Iranian Contemporary Artist, Tehran
Update, Dastan 2 Gallery, Tehran
2015 Aufgerissenen Auge, Transmanieristiche Reaktion, xhibit Gallery, Vienna
2014 Studio One, Vienna
Somewhere, Prosa, Vienna
Lageegal, Gallery A Collection, Vienna
Limited Access, Vista Gallery, Tehran
2013 Miniature Museum, California Institute of Arts, Los Angles
PERFORMANCES
2022 Live Portrait, DH5, Linz
2020 Salon Else, Vienna
Klangmanifest, Vienna
2019 Nixtasy, Fabrikanten, Linz
Moire, DorfTV, Linz
2018 Maher-Ruf Duo, Zentrum Fϋr Musikvermitlung 14, Vienna
Live Painting, Danubiart Festival, Regensburg
2017 mit kompanie vonnuna, Strenge Kammer, Porgy and Bess, Vienna
Duett with Thomas Grimm, mo.ё, Vienna
AIR2hEAR #7 with Enrique Mendoza, Amann Studio, Vienna
Moire Performance in Kunst- und Kulturraum mo.ё, Vienna
2016 Musikalische Begleitung, “IF SHE CAN SEE IT; SHE CAN BE IT”
Preisverleihung Drehbuchforum Österreich/Musik Performance, Bei Karl-Mayer, Veinna
Thomas Pluch Drehbuchpreis Diagonale, Graz
ToBe Continued festival, Live Streaming, Vienna
Art FREMD-FREMD ART, St, Pölten
JOHN BUTCHER Ensamble, Echoraum, Vienna
Morgenland Festival, Osnabrϋck
2015 Beton Performance, Strenge Kammer Prorgy and Bess, Vienna
“Su:r” mit Derang Duett, Echoraum, Vienna
“DUO, TRIO”, FRIV Festival, Poznan
Cello Flöte Duett, Das Zweitbeste, Vienna
Beton, Österreichische Kulturforum, Bratislava
Morgenland Festival, Osnabrϋck
2014 Klangfarbe und Die ewige Wiederkehr Art Unchored Festival, Vienna-Bratislava
SOOR, Derang Duo Performance, Shirin Art Centre, Tehran
Morgenland Festival, Osnabrϋck
2013 Aufruf″ mit Derang Duo Universitӓt fϋr music und darstellende kunst, Vienna
2012 Klangfarben, Klara Schuman saa, Möe, Vienna
Selbstzensur, Post-Porn and BodyPolitik, VBKÖ, Vienna
Morgenland Festival, Osnabrϋck