Rokni Haerizadeh Analysis

Alonso Rodriguez My heart is not here, my hearts in the highlands chasing the deers Rokni Haerizadeh 2013 Perez art museum Rokni Haerizadeh piece titled my heart is not here, my hearts in the highlands chasing the deers represents a British wedding in process and somehow the image of the groom, bride and its guest as somehow corrupted. I believe that the corrupted image is an idea of protest or corruption in an important ceremony such as a wedding.
The work is very colorful containing primary colors such as the red suit the groom wears, the yellow light shining on the officiant of the wedding and containing a little bit of blue on the windows. Not only is the artwork very colorful but it has many geometric and organic shapes such as the three pigs drawn on the three guest of the wedding and the image of a type of monster where the rug should be, but the most intriguing image is the one of the groom where …show more content…
In this piece, the light source is seen as the light from the window shines down on the officiant of the wedding whose robe covers his whole appearance. Rokni Haerizadeh use of the value scale in the groom is a very powerful image which does pop out by creating a dark black dripping throughout the rug and getting less darker. The shades Rokni Haerizadeh used on the bride creates a very intriguing and exploding image. Although you cannot see the bride’s face, you can see the bride’s wedding dress which is covered in a tint of white and red which creates a pink color. The pink color with a little shade of black and red is blended in the dress. The color and shapes drawn in this painting create an intensity among the whole scenario which can only be described as powerful and