Artist:
Ghazal Pourtahvildari
Still life, still ending. This painting began as a digital render that I modelled and rendered before translating it into paint. Moving from a virtual environment to a physical surface became a way to reconsider vanitas themes through a contemporary lens. Traditional symbols of mortality, bone, flame, and fragile objects are reassembled in a scene that feels staged, controlled, and slightly unreal. The work reflects on the temporality of life in an era dominated by simulation, where images often outlive physical experience. By repainting an image originally digital, the work questions permanence and how we now encounter death, beauty, and decay through mediated realities rather than direct encounter.
Other Works by Ghazal Tahvildari
Acknowledgment of traditional owners.
We would like to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which our building stands, their leaders, past, present and emerging.