Description: This Kufic calligraphy painting is created by repeatedly deforming and transforming a single letter until its geometric structure becomes a series of mountain forms. The letter moves beyond its function as written language and becomes a visual element, allowing calligraphy to construct an imagined landscape.
The repeated forms create the impression of mountains rising across the surface of the painting. Through this transformation, the work explores the relationship between letter, shape, and space, where language gradually becomes landscape.
The title, I Saw Mountains, the Entire Face of Earth Was Visible, is taken from a poem by the Iranian poet Sohrab Sepehri. The work responds to the poet’s connection between seeing, landscape, and a wider perception of the world.
