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Pantea Mahrou
1990 - Current
Amlash Jan's Prosperity Pillars, 2023
Bronze
11.5 x 4 x 4 cm - 4 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in
9 x 4 x 4 cm - 3 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in
7.5 x 4 x 4 cm - 3 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in
3.8 x 2 x 2 cm - 1 1/2 x 3/4 x 3/4 in
This sculptural series presents Amlash-inspired figures emerging from engraved vertical forms inscribed with ancient symbolic codes. The surfaces incorporate planetary signs, numerical symbols, and script-like markings drawn from early systems of belief associated with protection, energy, luck, and blessing. By combining these ancestral symbols with contemporary sculptural language, the works establish a dialogue between ancient wisdom and modern human experience, positioning the figures as quiet mediators between parallel worlds, memory, and the present moment.
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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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