Mahtab HannaMahtab Hanna
We are witnesses to
freedom being abandoned
by autonomy.
Gas mask with brass Persian calligraphy
Persian calligraphy from 13th century Persian poet, Sadi, “Bani Adam” (Children of Adam):
“If you’ve no sympathy for human pain,
The name of human you cannot retain!”
Sterling Silver, Bronze
‘Pawns’ relates to the most extreme form of protest – war: a highly emotive and evocative subject throughout mankind’s history.
Politics, religion, money, and natural resources, are all causes of wars, and these are all represented on the stage within this work in their own way.
The chess board is made from sand and soil, both which represent another cause of war – “land” – as well as the battlefield.
Sterling Silver
25cm X 15cm
Is peace a reality or a mythical ideal?
8cm X 8cm
The calligraphic patterns of the outside represents propaganda, the dove imprisoned on the inside represents peace.