The breath in this realm
I have endured things far and away
Death, I have discerned
Yet wonder! I have not succumbed

[Simin Behbahani/ April 1998]
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The collection of “Vaghaye Etefaghieh” is my works covering society subjects which all are somehow coming from image history of women’s presence in the route of transformation from traditional to modernism society.
In these paintings, in fact, there is a rewriting which depicts women’s old history from today’s prospective. In this rewrite you can compare women’s position in today’s world with their old position.
It’s not a proposition to move back but it emphasizes the importance of local history in the process of women’s equity for making a more balanced world, this is a situation in which you as a woman don’t need to afraid of a patriarchic society specially in Middle East including Iran.

2019
Vaghayeh Ettefaghieh collection