[no title] 1992

Curator: Here we have an untitled work by Shirazeh Houshiary from the Tate collection. It’s a square format, about 60 centimeters each side. Editor: Teal depths pulling me in! It’s so still, like staring into a deep pool, or maybe the night sky. The texture is so alive. Curator: Houshiary often explores breath and language in her work. Notice how the central circle seems to emerge from layers of marks? Editor: Yes, like a mandala slowly forming. The circle, a universal symbol. It represents wholeness, the self, and eternity. But it also gives me a feeling of… compression? Curator: Compression? I see it as expansion, almost like a seed bursting. Houshiary's work is all about revealing the unseen. Editor: I suppose the beauty is in the beholding. It could be a world being born, or one collapsing into itself. Either way, it asks you to look deeply. Curator: Exactly! It’s a reminder that even in simplicity, there's infinite complexity, which is rather calming. Editor: It’s a perfect visual mantra, I think, something to contemplate during a moment of quiet reflection.