Mehdi
Darvishi

What I have proposed to present in the upcoming edition of FIG Bilbao is a series of intaglio prints. The technique I have used to create most of my works is mostly Mezzotint. Using the same plate, this technique allows for the reduction of tones to make new images and forms after making each series of editions. In this way, the plate is automatically destroyed by its own process. As an artist who has left part of his existence into his works and when he dies, the only thing that remains is the artworks.
In the next phase, I have destroyed some of the real prints by scratching, burning, pouring some concealing materials, and using other impromptu ways to reconstruct all the occurrences that have occurred to my works over the last decade, and might possibly occur in at least a centenary; as I believe not every artist is lucky enough to have all his/her works preserved in museums and collections. As the main theme of this series of works is "life and its undeniable result: Death,” this reductive process is a good reflection of the way that I look at life and what is most essential.