Love
Farah Ossouli, 1999
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In this vertical composition, Farah Ossouli revisits the language of Persian miniature through a contemporary lens. The intimate scale and elongated format recall manuscript margins, while the layered gouache and collage introduce a modern sensibility.
Love here is neither dramatic nor declarative. It is quiet, restrained, and deeply internal.
Gouache and paper collage on paper
49 × 18 cm
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Love | Farah Ossouli (1999)
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In this intimate vertical composition, Farah Ossouli reimagines the language of Persian miniature - where love is tender, restrained, and poetic.
Executed in gouache and paper collage, the elongated format recalls manuscript margins, transforming a contemporary work into a timeless visual narrative.
Love here is not spectacle - it is quiet presence.
Gouache and paper collage on paper
49 x 18 cm
Executed in 1999
The Farjam Collection
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Ramadan Kareem | رمضان كريم
As the holy month begins, we reflect on the spirit of devotion, contemplation, and generosity that defines Ramadan.
This Anatolian sajjada (prayer carpet), with its architectural mihrab design and luminous red field, evokes the sacred space of prayer — a reminder of stillness, humility, and faith.
May this blessed month bring peace to your heart, light to your home, and grace to your days.
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Coupled-column sajjada carpet
Central or West Anatolia, late 17th–18th century
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Cylindrical Casket
Mosul, early 13th century
Brass inlaid with silver
Produced in the celebrated workshops of
Mosul at a time when inlaid brass rivaled gold and silver in prestige, this casket embodies the technical and aesthetic refinement of medieval Islamic metalwork.
Bands of elongated naskh inscription encircle the body, offering benedictory wishes for glory, prosperity, and long life, set against dense vegetal scrolls and interlaced medallions.
The remarkable survival of its silver inlay testifies to both craftsmanship and careful preservation across eight centuries.
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Silver inlaid brass, patiently engraved eight centuries ago.
A Mosul casket where calligraphy, geometry, and blessing converge into form.
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Abdulnasser Gharem
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Message (Messenger), 2010
Installation, wood and copper
Conceived as a meditation on communication, authority, and belief, Message (Messenger) transforms the architectural form of a mosque dome into a suspended, destabilized structure. Beneath it, a white dove—both fragile and resolute—becomes the bearer of meaning, evoking revelation, transmission, and the vulnerability of truth as it moves between sender and receiver.
By displacing a sacred form from its fixed function, Gharem invites reflection on how messages are shaped, controlled, delayed, or misunderstood within social, political, and spiritual systems. The work resists certainty, proposing instead a space of pause—where meaning hovers, unfinished, awaiting interpretation.
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Abdulnasser Gharem
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Message/Messenger, 2010
Installation of wood, copper, and gold-engraved surface
Conceived as a monumental, gilded dome, Message/Messenger draws on the visual language of sacred architecture to reflect on belief, authority, and the fragile act of transmission—how meaning is carried, received, and transformed.
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A private collection formed through scholarship, patience, and care.
From illuminated manuscripts to modern and contemporary works,
The Farjam Collection reflects the artistic memory of the region.
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