About

Parastou Forouhar was born in Tehran in 1962 and has been living and working in Germany since 1991. “My work is a critique of a familiar culture of ornament, which leaves so little room for individualism,” Forouhar says. “In ornamental structure, an overall principle is forced on the components; what doesn’t conform must be rejected and removed. I equate this with a totalitarian system, which also removes what damages the overall order.” Forouhar's work blurs the boundaries between form and concept, biography and artistry. Its mastery lies in seamlessly weaving the personal, steeped in …