When the blossom is shed, the fruit comes to a head: when the body is shattered, the spirit lifts up its head (Jajal al-Din Rumi)

Location

Country: Iran
City: Tehran
Place: British Embassy

Shirazeh Houshiary was born in Shiraz, Iran. She studied at Chelsea School of Art between 1976 and 1979 and then for a year was junior fellow at the Cardiff College of Art. Her first solo exhibition was held at the Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, in 1980, since when she has exhibited regularly in solo and mixed exhibitions in Britain, Europe and America. Her sculpture is rooted in the mysticism of Islamic culture, in particular the poetic element of Sufism, but demonstrates a quest beyond cultural limitations. Treading as she does the path between poetry and the material world, Houshiary achieves an energy in her work which assumes inner light and outer strength.

Places

Subjects

Rumi, Jajal al-Din, abstract

Materials & Techniques

etching, colour etching

Artist

Shirazeh Houshiary (1955 - )

Title

When the blossom is shed, the fruit comes to a head: when the body is shattered, the spirit lifts up its head (Jajal al-Din Rumi)

Portfolio Title

Round Dance

Edition

8/20

Date

1992

Medium

Colour etching

Dimensions

height: 71.00 cm, width: 71.00 x 71.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from The Paragon Press, December 1998

Inscription

verso: 8/20 Shirazeh Houshiary

Provenance

The Paragon Press

GAC number

17370/3