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Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian 穆尼爾．法曼法瑪妮
Glass Doors 玻璃門
1982
Renowned Iranian artist Monir Farmanfarmaian used the industrial technique of
sandblasting to create the interlocking geometric pattern on the surface of this
set of glass doors. The design is inspired by the hexagonal motifs commonly
found in Islamic architecture and decorative arts. These motifs, along with
mirrored decorative work of the Safavid (1501–1736) and Qajar (1796–1925)
periods in Persia, formed a foundation for Farmanfarmaian’s oeuvre, specifically
the intricately crafted mirror mosaics and techniques of reverse glass painting
for which she is best known. Farmanfarmaian produced the doors while she
was living in New York in a kind of exile; she left Tehran in 1978, shortly before
the Iranian Revolution, and could not return to her native country until 2004. Cut
off from the master craftsmen with whom she had regularly collaborated, she
created the work with a pattern that has no variation in colour or form, departing
from her typical mirror mosaics. The doors were designed and used for her New
York apartment, and thus harbour a particularly personal significance.
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