Artist: Amirhossein Yaghoobi, Rome Italy
Dimensions: 50 × 70 cm
This body of work is a series of etchings that visually interpret The Conference of the Birds by the 12th-century Persian mystic poet, Farid ud-Din' Attar. The series follows the spiritual journey of the birds as they traverse the seven valleys, each representing a stage of the soul's inner purification in their search for the Simurgh, a symbol of divine unity. The narrative itself is a profound meditation on the dialectic of light and darkness: the darkness of ignorance, ego, and separation, and the light of self-knowledge, annihilation of the self (fanā’), and divine presence. Through intricate line work and symbolic spatial compositions, the etchings aim to evoke this inner alchemy, where shadow and luminosity are not in opposition, but stages in the soul’s ascent.
By interpreting ʿAttar’s mystical poem in visual form, the work reflects the core of the Biennale’s theme: the sublime essence found at the intersection of light and darkness, despair and hope, illusion and truth. It is an invitation to contemplate the inner path through the imaginal and metaphysical landscapes that lie between.
Artist: Amirhossein Yaghoobi, Rome Italy
Dimensions: 50 × 70 cm
This body of work is a series of etchings that visually interpret The Conference of the Birds by the 12th-century Persian mystic poet, Farid ud-Din' Attar. The series follows the spiritual journey of the birds as they traverse the seven valleys, each representing a stage of the soul's inner purification in their search for the Simurgh, a symbol of divine unity. The narrative itself is a profound meditation on the dialectic of light and darkness: the darkness of ignorance, ego, and separation, and the light of self-knowledge, annihilation of the self (fanā’), and divine presence. Through intricate line work and symbolic spatial compositions, the etchings aim to evoke this inner alchemy, where shadow and luminosity are not in opposition, but stages in the soul’s ascent.
By interpreting ʿAttar’s mystical poem in visual form, the work reflects the core of the Biennale’s theme: the sublime essence found at the intersection of light and darkness, despair and hope, illusion and truth. It is an invitation to contemplate the inner path through the imaginal and metaphysical landscapes that lie between.
