Fragments of Pain

About this work

Series of 16 works, mixed media: acrylic and photography on Fine Art baryta paper, color, 2019–2025. This series depicts a body partially wrapped in medical bandages within a desert landscape. Functioning both as devices of care and instruments of constraint, these bandages embody the tension between injury and the attempt to heal, revealing the vulnerability inherent in the experience of exile. The images are constructed through layers of visual elements: bandage textures, fragments of scars, and references to Iran are interwoven across the photographic surface. These overlapping strata create a fragmented perception in which memory appears unstable, shaped by rupture, displacement, and loss.

About the artist

Parya Vatankhah is a French-Iranian multidisciplinary visual artist whose work explores exile, memory, the body, and political resistance. Through photography, performance, video, and installation, she creates powerful visual narratives that question identity, freedom, and the resilience of women facing oppression.

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