Amir Khojasteh

In May the Tree No Longer Burn When I Wake, Amir Khojasteh presents his first body of work developed after leaving his home country, Iran. During this time the Persian garden1 stood out to him. A garden in a barren land protected by walls resonated deeply with his experience of departure and distance. In his last show Living in a Burning House, his position was that of an insider. Now he speaks from a distance. “I am standing on a hill and watching the fire slowly settle. What remains is ash, the solid remnants that are left behind by the flames,” he says. Ash is conceptually present in the show, suggesting destruction while simultaneously enabling new forms.

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