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I recently exhibited my carvings and artwork at the Mahe-Mehr Gallery in Tehran, from May 14 - 27, 2008. On my invitation card, children were invited to visit the exhibition and participate in a workshop entitled, “We Want to Remain Alive”. Together we aimed to realize a collaborative project. The children would draw images on paper, and I would then carve their drawings on stones. More
Children are very important to me. In the past two decades, many of my art works depict a mother and child as well as fetuses. Focusing on children -- or on the fetuses, to be more specific -- focuses attention on our own initial form and stage of life. I also see the future in them.
The Life before Birth For me, the fetus is an allegory for the generation to come. They also belong to the beginning. We have all experienced life before birth and the initial stages that it precedes. Life before birth is a spiritual world of sorts. Do you recall anything from that life?
The Death of the Goddess I have created many goddesses and fish carvings and have dedicated them to nature. Due to a lack of respect, these figures have historically been ignored and distorted. I reproduce my destroyed works, and for me, they are metaphors for nature and the life of living creatures who endure pain, suffering, and are destroyed by the evils of our time.
Who wounded mother goddess, fish and snakes.
Who can love my wounded goddess and snakes?
The First Couple This work, like many other carvings of mine, shows a reference to the story of the first couple (Adam & Eve) and their exclusion from heaven.
Cylinder Seals and Print on Sand I am inspired by the ancient examples of cylinder seals and consequently have made large examples adorned with my own carved designs. I then rolled these cylinder seals onto the surface of sand. The results usually show a myriad harvest of living creatures adorning the beachfront or sand of the desert.
Thirsty to experience life
The language of our time
Freed Fish Like a ritual, on many occasions during the past decade, I have dropped my stones, which have imaginary fish carved onto them, into rivers, canals, reservoirs, and seas. My fish consequently drop or are 'freed' to the bottom of a body of water and remain there forever. Hiding does not mean degeneration and death.
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