Mojé Assefjah | Galerie Tanit

Mojé Assefjah | Galerie Tanit

The delicateness of the medium is reflected in her meticulous brush strokes as diaphanous drapes and ribbons float and follow a natural flow and an organic layering of her chosen egg tempera paint. Influenced by Renaissance painting, Iranian calligraphy, and Japanese tradition, Mojé Assefjah revives the egg tempera technique and mixes pigment with egg, water and oil to modelize colours, their consistency, translucency, and opacity.

Moje Assefjah, Hope, eggtempera on wood, 2020, Tondo ø 40 cm

Mojé Assefjah | Galerie Tanit

Use of this particular technique gives her control over nuances and allows her to manipulate the pigment. Even the choice of which egg affects the end result.

Moje Assefjah, Lucid, 2015, Egg Tempera on Canvas, 150 x 170cm

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“Michelangelo used eggs from the village for the complexion of women from the village and eggs from the city for city women because of the colour of the yolk” says Assefjah. Egg tempera allows her to experiment and achieve the scene and story conceived in her mind’s eye. She prepares her sketches, her paint, and then lets the brush lead her in graceful movements towards a layered three-dimensional composition.

Moje Assefjah, Avista D_occhio, 2011, Egg Tempera on Canvas, 135x105cm

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She achieves varying levels of depth starting with transparent layers and coming forward towards more opaque ones. She forms the colours, constructs the shapes, and shapes the movement to create.

Moje Assefjah, Silver Purple 2, 2017, Egg Tempera on Paper, 23x19cm, 37 5x34cm Framed

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In her creations you can see nature, you can see a ballroom with its hanging drapery and you can see a bazaar of multicoloured twirling fabrics and oriental narratives. The paintings hang between abstraction and figuration where the eye sees and the mind perceives what it longs for.

Mojé Assefjah, Gerdbad, 2020, eggtempera on canvas, 70 x 50 cm

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Mojé Assefjah, There Are Birds Here Again, Installation Shot, Works on Canvas

Mojé Assefjah | Galerie Tanit

Mojé Assefjah, There Are Birds Here Again, Installation Shot, Works on Canvas