A site-specific intervention engaging with prehistoric visual memory, referencing the imagery of Lascaux cave paintings within a deteriorated urban surface.
- Public Mural Project – Tehran Beautification Organization, Tehran, Iran, March 2020
Located opposite the Artists’ Park and the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, the work is situated within a context closely tied to institutional and contemporary art discourse. This positioning creates a subtle tension between established spaces of art and a raw, exposed urban surface.
The work draws from early human representations of animals and movement, translating them into a contemporary urban environment. Rather than reconstructing these images as isolated references, they are embedded directly within the eroded texture of the wall, allowing the surface itself to function as a parallel to the cave interior.
The deterioration of the wall—its exposed bricks, faded pigments, and uneven layers—resonates with the material conditions of prehistoric cave surfaces. This correspondence enables the imagery to emerge as if uncovered rather than applied, positioning the intervention between revelation and construction.
By placing prehistoric visual language within a contemporary city, the work collapses temporal distance, suggesting a continuity of image-making across time. The wall becomes a shared ground where traces of early human expression intersect with present-day urban conditions.
