Dastan Gallery
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Artists
  • Exhibitions
  • Contact
  • Viewing room
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Send an email
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Send an email
Menu

Artworks

  • All
  • Dastan's Basement
  • Dastan+2
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Homa Delvaray, From Horizon to Horizon, 2020

Homa Delvaray

From Horizon to Horizon, 2020
Poster, scarf and card holder (mixed media)
Copyright The Artist
Enquire
%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22artist%22%3EHoma%20Delvaray%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22title_and_year%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_title%22%3EFrom%20Horizon%20to%20Horizon%3C/span%3E%2C%20%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_year%22%3E2020%3C/span%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22medium%22%3EPoster%2C%20scarf%20and%20card%20holder%20%28mixed%20media%29%3C/div%3E
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...
Read more
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...

/
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.
Close full details

Exhibitions

Epic Iran, London-England, 2020
Share
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Email
Previous
|
Next
155 
of  722
Manage cookies
Copyright © 2025 Dastan Gallery
Site by Artlogic
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Send an email

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences