Sadegh Tirafkan : Human Tapestry

15 Sep-7 Oct 2010

Overview

Tirafkan's works offer an eloquent meditation on modern Iranian man's relationship to his past and his search for a meaningful identity in the present. Tirafkan, frequently using himself as a model, revisits and reinvents the themes of identity, history and memory in his series of enigmatic yet visually compelling photographs. “In my project, I have platformed and emphasized the population issue as it is faced in today’s Iran... My goal is to demonstrate that all people regardless of gender, culture and religion are indeed looking for inner peace and sanctity.” S.T. Tirafkhan uses the carpet as an emblem of Persian cultural richness, diversity and continuity. His works weaves together the symbolic and the concrete in an intricate tapestry of human existence.