Homa Delvaray
From Horizon to Horizon, 2020
Poster, scarf and card holder (mixed media)
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From Horizon to Horizon The question of 'duality' of cosmic forces is one of the fundamental subjects in the history of ancient Iranian thought. It appears in the history of...
From Horizon to Horizon
The question of "duality" of cosmic forces is one of the fundamental subjects in the history of ancient Iranian thought. It appears in the history of Iranian myths and its reflection in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh (Book of Kings) can clearly be seen. One of the main characteristics of this ontology is the constant rivalry between "two conflicting worlds", because in order for anything in our world to exist, we must consider that there are two opposing origins and cosmic forces. The Shahnameh is an epic poem from the beginning to the end of this mythical history which confronts these contradictions and contrasts.
My concept for "from Horizon to Horizon" artwork was inspired by these cosmic dualistic oncological forces and double confrontations and my visual resources were illustrated manuscripts of the Shahnameh. My Idea emerged and took shape and can be found on two levels; reflection and development:
The first level takes into consideration the historical and "terrestrial" dimension of the Shahnameh; a carriage that is carried by two horses in the center of the piece represents the early Iranian tribes that throughout the eras, as the Circle of History spun around, followed one after the other creating legends and myths and then each in turn disappeared and eventually, during the Sassanid empire, after the Islamic conquest of Persia, it all fell apart and ended forever. The second level, which is of the mythical and "spiritual world" that pays attention to battles and cosmic epics which are present throughout the framework; the war between good and bad, the struggle of the forces of good versus the forces of evil, and the conflict between Ahura and Ahriman (the Zorastrian names for god and devil) and daemonic creatures, and...
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The Illustration «From Horizon to Horizon» is Limited Editions of Poster, Scarf and Cardholder which created exclusively by The V&A to the Exhibition Epic Iran, London-England, 2020.
The question of "duality" of cosmic forces is one of the fundamental subjects in the history of ancient Iranian thought. It appears in the history of Iranian myths and its reflection in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh (Book of Kings) can clearly be seen. One of the main characteristics of this ontology is the constant rivalry between "two conflicting worlds", because in order for anything in our world to exist, we must consider that there are two opposing origins and cosmic forces. The Shahnameh is an epic poem from the beginning to the end of this mythical history which confronts these contradictions and contrasts.
My concept for "from Horizon to Horizon" artwork was inspired by these cosmic dualistic oncological forces and double confrontations and my visual resources were illustrated manuscripts of the Shahnameh. My Idea emerged and took shape and can be found on two levels; reflection and development:
The first level takes into consideration the historical and "terrestrial" dimension of the Shahnameh; a carriage that is carried by two horses in the center of the piece represents the early Iranian tribes that throughout the eras, as the Circle of History spun around, followed one after the other creating legends and myths and then each in turn disappeared and eventually, during the Sassanid empire, after the Islamic conquest of Persia, it all fell apart and ended forever. The second level, which is of the mythical and "spiritual world" that pays attention to battles and cosmic epics which are present throughout the framework; the war between good and bad, the struggle of the forces of good versus the forces of evil, and the conflict between Ahura and Ahriman (the Zorastrian names for god and devil) and daemonic creatures, and...
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The Illustration «From Horizon to Horizon» is Limited Editions of Poster, Scarf and Cardholder which created exclusively by The V&A to the Exhibition Epic Iran, London-England, 2020.