Persian calligraphy artwork by Somayeh Gholami

Description: Shadows Know, That Kind of Summer It Is is a black-and-white Kufic calligraphy painting in which Persian words are transformed into the form of a tree. Through deformation, and arrangement of the letters, language becomes the branches, trunk, and structure of the tree.

The tree emerges from the written word, creating a connection between language and nature. The stark black-and-white composition emphasizes the contrast between the organic form of the tree and the geometric character of Kufic calligraphy.