Lot 133A: Golnaz Fathi (Iranian, b. 1972)

Golnaz Fathi (Iranian, b. 1972)
Unwritten
signed, dated and inscribed 'GOLNAZ FATHI 2005 TEHRAN' (along the lower edge of both panels)
acrylic on canvas; diptych
each panel: 59½ x 54 1/8in. (151 x 137.5 cm.); overall: 59½ x 108¼in, (151 x 275 cm.)
Painted in 2005 (2)

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Golnaz Fathi is a trained calligrapher, and her works combine this together with elements of graphic design, painting and autobiography. Fathi has created an imaginary language deeply rooted in Persian tradition, while she insists on not following the rules of traditional calligraphy. The words first strike the viewer as readable, but on closer inspection are indecipherable, expressing through abstract means what words cannot.