Leila Eskandari (b. 1987, Tehran, Iran) has received her MFA in Painting from Alzahra University, Tehran. Leila’s source of inspiration is Persian mythological love stories. Her work has been included in several group shows including “Episode 06” and “Episode 08” in Mohsen Gallery. Leila Eskandari lives and works in Tehran.

“This Account is not The Whole Truth”

As I was revisiting Nezami’s Khosrow and Shirin, I became interested in the romantic sub-story of Farhad’s love for Shirin, so I tried to give a different spin to the narrative. I broke down the story to smaller fragments and by putting the pieces back together, mingling it with my own perception of the characters. By making new plots, I recreated the legend in a puzzle-like fashion. I adopted a new way of approaching the image and through the combination of realistic images with simple surfaces and lines, I made a mental game from the character’s relations to each other. When the pieces are juxtaposed properly, Nezami’s intended plot in Khosrow and Shirin will be reproduced. If assembled differently, however, each character will have a different fate.