Sheida Soleimani
What a Revolutionary Must Know, 2022
Archival pigment print
101.6 x 76.2 cm
40 x 30 in
40 x 30 in
Edition of 3 plus 2 AP
Copyright the artist & Harlan Levey Projects
The title of this photograph refers to a revolutionary anthem by poet and playwright Saeed Soltanpour. His lyrics “the tulips are awake/in the mountain” refer to a flower long associated...
The title of this photograph refers to a revolutionary anthem by poet and playwright Saeed Soltanpour. His lyrics “the tulips are awake/in the mountain” refer to a flower long associated with martyrdom in Iran and adopted as a symbol of the 1979 revolution. Soleimani’s father sang the song to her as a lullaby when she was a child, transforming the language of resistance into words of care. The image also features Chukar partridges, the national bird of Iran.