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Browse a growing archive of artworks, performances, films, objects, and cultural expressions inspired by the Shahnameh and its characters, stories, symbols, and visual traditions.
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Digital Art
Supersohrab (1)
Sohrab Kashani · 2009
Supersohrab (1) by Sohrab Kashani, recovered from the original Shahnameh Forever gallery.
Digital Art
Supersohrab (2)
Sohrab Kashani · 2009
Supersohrab (2) by Sohrab Kashani, recovered from the original Shahnameh Forever gallery.
Digital Art
Rostam & The White Dīv
Kiarash Khalili
Legendary Rostam here is our contemporary zurkhaneh wrestler, while the image of the White Div is borrowed from a classical tradition of miniature painting to show the connection between pas
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Digital Art
Rostam
Rabee Baghshani
The original story in the Shahnameh refers to Rostam being carried while asleep by Div Akavan to the sea to drown him there and get eaten by the sea monsters
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Digital Art
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar riding Koon’s Balloon Dog (Red), 2021
Kiarash Khalili · 2021
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar riding Koon’s Balloon Dog (Red), 2021 — a digital art work by Kiarash Khalili.
Digital Art
Qajar Gathering
Kiarash Khalili
Qajar Gathering, a digital art work by Kiarash Khalili drawn from the Shahnameh.
Digital Art
Don't Let Rava Madar
Kiarash Khalili
Don't Let Rava Madar, a digital art work by Kiarash Khalili drawn from the Shahnameh.
Digital Art
Shadi Razaei — Untitled (1)
Shadi Rezaei
A painting & graphics work by Shadi Razaei in the Shahnameh Forever archive.
Digital Art
Shadi Razaei — Untitled (2)
Shadi Rezaei
A painting & graphics work by Shadi Razaei in the Shahnameh Forever archive.
Digital Art
Rostam II
Siamak Filizadeh
From Siamak Filizadeh’s ‘Rostam II’ series — a satirical digital reimagining of the Shahnameh hero (Met Museum).
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Digital Art
Shadi Razaei — Untitled (3)
Shadi Rezaei
A painting & graphics work by Shadi Razaei in the Shahnameh Forever archive.
Digital Art
Rostam II
Siamak Filizadeh
From Siamak Filizadeh’s ‘Rostam II’ series — a satirical digital reimagining of the Shahnameh hero (Met Museum).
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Digital Art
Shadi Razaei — Untitled (4)
Shadi Rezaei
A painting & graphics work by Shadi Razaei in the Shahnameh Forever archive.
Digital Art
Rostam II kills his son
Siamak Filizadeh
From Siamak Filizadeh’s ‘Rostam II’ series — Rostam unknowingly slays his son Sohrab, reset in a contemporary idiom.
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Digital Art
Rostam II gets rid of Spiderman
Siamak Filizadeh
From Siamak Filizadeh’s ‘Rostam II’ series — a pop-culture mash-up of the Persian hero and modern icons.
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