Splash of one glass of water

Mani Kashian's works Splash of One Glass of Water and Splash of a Glass of Oil on Glasses are metaphorical representations of a splash of water and a splash of oil upon the face. Presented through two distinct pairs of glasses, the works seem to address one another, suggesting both confrontation and correspondence. The transparency of water and the density of oil become metaphors for the contrasts that define contemporary life—clarity and opacity, purity and saturation, the essential and the excessive. Kashian's gesture transforms simple objects into a reflection on perception, materiality, and the fragile balance that shape contemporary human condition.

Mani Kashian is an Iranian visual artist based in Tehran. He holds a degree in Painting from the Faculty of Art and Architecture at Azad University of Tehran. Active in the fields of painting, book illustration, and animation, he has collaborated with the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) film studio since 2007. In 2023, he co-wrote the screenplay for the animated film Bein 10.