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At first glance, writing about these works may seem deceptively simple; yet in reality, the complexity of the formal and chromatic elements that generate their particular content makes this anything but an easy task. Speaking of these works cannot be confined to this exhibition alone; rather, their roots must be sought in Iran’s symbolic and coded historical and cultural traditions. How do Peybak articulate the vitality and enigmatic perception of their inner intellectual world through images? Does the viewer participate in understanding these forms and spaces? What, then, is gained through such participation? What kind of experience emerges from encountering these seemingly malevolent beings? Is it all illusion and imagination?

Painting and sculpture continue to dominate the market and exhibition landscape, while print remains undervalued, under-theorized, and frequently misunderstood as secondary or derivative. Against this backdrop, GarageCo, a silkscreen studio based in Tehran, emerges not merely as a production space but as a conceptual intervention, one that reclaims print as a democratic, collaborative, and critically relevant medium. Founded by artist Sina Choopani, Garage Co began in 2016 as an experimental initiative rooted in material testing and collective exchange.