Mohamadali Vadood: From “A Shot at Hyrcania” to “Utopia WOOD ALL WOOD” — The Tree Wounded by a Bullet 250 Years Ago

A tree, wounded by a bullet approximately 250 years ago, eventually finds its way to Mohamadali Vadood, inspiring him to create A Shot at Hyrcania. The work emerges from the concept of his internationally developed project, WOOD ALL WOOD, in which some of the wood fragments used are themselves a century old. The composition moves between geometry and organic form, density and void, color and texture, repetition and difference, and, ultimately, the natural memory of the forest and human…