Shirin Farsad
We often find ourselves searching for answers; seeking way to understand the world we are enrapt
within. Seeming randomness, confusion and moments that leave us desiring closure lead us to
search for ways of filling this void.
Hafez, one of the most culturally significant Persian poets of the 14th century era, provides us with
an insight that can fulfil and relieve the stress that is created through not knowing.
His intuitive wisdom provided people from the 14th century onwards with guidance that soothed peoples existential woes.
It is here that the ancient symbols within Persian miniature paintings come to life through three-dimensional figures.
The Surreal sculptures entail mythological interpretation and reflections on the poems of Hafez.
The sculpture poses are a representation of spirituality seeking the insights of life.
They call for enlightenment, knowledge and a means to calm her soul. The mirrored theme between the figures represents away of reflecting.
They speak of a free spirit that has surrendered to the all knowing universe.
The figures heal the confusion, randomness and moments that lack clarity and push one to surrender and trust. The deep spiritual questions that seek in life tend to find themselves wound within the
metaphysical; the world that holds the truth beyond that which our lives reveal.
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