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At first glance, writing about these works may seem deceptively simple; yet in reality, the complexity of the formal and chromatic elements that generate their particular content makes this anything but an easy task. Speaking of these works cannot be confined to this exhibition alone; rather, their roots must be sought in Iran’s symbolic and coded historical and cultural traditions. How do Peybak articulate the vitality and enigmatic perception of their inner intellectual world through images? Does the viewer participate in understanding these forms and spaces? What, then, is gained through such participation? What kind of experience emerges from encountering these seemingly malevolent beings? Is it all illusion and imagination?

Textiles are among the earliest forms of human expression, a technology of necessity that evolved into one of the most enduring vehicles of cultural meaning. Across histories, the act of weaving, stitching, or dyeing has functioned not only as a method of making but as a way of thinking about structure, time, and connection