5 a.m., from the cell’s tiny window

About the Artist: Mimi Khoshbakht

What you see here is an immediate translation of my state of mind and emotional world into solid matter, shaped by a various social-historical encounters.  

A series of experiences, including war, climate catastrophes and the loneliness of human beings amid the ongoing crisis have left their mark on the violent twists of the figures.  

With an intended shock, the human-looking beasts and the animal-looking humans force their unsettling presence on the spectator. In a backdrop similar to a stage, they come forward and introduce themselves to the spectator.  

This is a curtain call of the no man’s land between humanity and bestiality.  

I was after a certain kind of beauty given to and found in imperfection, half-eaten bodies and scarred appearances, meant to bring out a sense of self-identification in the viewer.  

The essence of what I have tried to achieve is already explained by Rumi when he says “Whatever appearing in mind is real , so materialism it.” – Mimi  Khoshbakht