Sheida Soleimani
Deltang, 2024
Archival pigment print
61 x 45.7 cm
24 x 18 in
24 x 18 in
Edition of 5 plus 2 AP
Copyright the artist & Harlan Levey Projects
In this photograph, Soleimani’s mother (or “mâmân”)’s face appears as a reflection in a rearview mirror, framed by small scorpions. The mirror functions as a portal, collapsing past and present...
In this photograph, Soleimani’s mother (or “mâmân”)’s face appears as a reflection in a rearview mirror, framed by small scorpions. The mirror functions as a portal, collapsing past and present into a single view and suggesting the unstable nature of memory. The scorpions act as quiet sentinels around this threshold, while the rearview perspective disrupts linear time, situating the image within the series’ language of political magical realism.