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Pantea Mahrou
The Luck Codes of Amlash Jan, 2020
Mixed media on canvas
30 x 30 cm
11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
This work is inspired by the Amlash Mother Goddess, a symbolic figure associated with luck, abundance, and blessing, rooted in ancient belief systems. The character draws from mythological deities and is surrounded by codes, signs, and numbers once believed to generate prosperity when aligned.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Cuneiform script, the numbers 7 and 11, the infinity symbol, and chakra signs appear alongside floral elements, forming a layered visual language of renewal, hope, and prosperity. Through these symbols, the work evokes a timeless connection between sacred ancient forces and contemporary humanity, suggesting continuity, cultural memory, and shared positive energy across civilizations.
Pantea Mahrou is an Iranian contemporary artist whose practice explores fragmentation, memory, displacement, feminine experience and inherited political histories. Through layered material and spatial processes, her work examines visibility, erasure, silence and concealment, revealing how bodies, domestic spaces and emotional landscapes carry traces of trauma, migration, censorship and political transformation.
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