Perrotin Seoul presents Paradise opens tomorrow, the first solo exhibition in Korea by Iranian painter and muralist Mehdi Ghadyanloo. Gaining international recognition for his unique paintings and public art that weave surrealist imagination with optical illusions, this exhibition surveys Ghadyanloo’s artistic universe and brings together a diverse body of works that examine the anxiety and hope of human existence through meticulous architectural spaces and subtle interplays of light.

Grounded in geometric structures and minimalist spaces, Ghadyanloo has long addressed themes of isolation, solidarity, freedom, and control. Labyrinthine boxes, ladders, floating balloons, and playground rides on his canvases capture fleeting moments where stark reality intersects with dreamlike narrative, fluidly crossing the thresholds between despair and salvation, repression and play.

Through highly restrained compositions and trompe-l'œil techniques, the artist simultaneously manifests the visual tension and poetic lyricism of painting, offering an evocative metaphor for the universal human condition in an era of uncertainty.