THE BELOVED
2019
Monotype, watercolour 
Series
42 x 29,7 cm

This series is the result of a field trip to Iran and was inspired by the Persian tradition of miniatures. Homoerotic poems by Saadi (early 13th century) and Ubayd Zakani  (1300–1371) have also influenced the monotype and watercolour series. Tenderness, as well as same-sex relationships between men, are located both in the past and in the present.
Exhibition view Zurich University of the Arts
Two Lovers, Persian miniature, Iran 1720 / 1
Two Lovers, Persian miniature, Iran 1720 / 3
Two Lovers, Persian miniature, Iran 1720 / 4
Two Lovers, Persian miniature, Iran 1600
Abandoned Bath in Kharnaq, Iran 2018
Two Lovers, Persian miniature, Iran 1630
Persepolis, Iran 2018