• Azin Soltani (Iran)

    " Inside and Outside "

    The collection "Inside and Outside" draws its inspiration from the traditional architecture of Iranian houses characterized by exterior brick tessellations and inner layers of plaster adorned with intricate details. Azin Soltani endeavors to probe whether the external appearance reveals anything about the internal, questioning the validity of judgments based solely on the external facade.

    Additionally, the collection delves into the paradox of death's coexistence in our lives and prompts contemplation on what truly matters—the internal or the external? What endures? The jewelry pieces, linked metaphorically to humans by the artist, are fragments of walls that represent particles of place and time, body and soul. These particles either delicately unite to form houses (an allegory for human beings) or gradually disintegrate over time.