Roots Mixed Media Sculpture

This mixed media sculpture features a red brain pierced by gold thorns, symbolizing emotional defense and inner conflict

Artwork Description

about this mixed media sculpture

Roots is a sculptural meditation on thought, origin, and inherited tension. A deep red brain, modeled in glossy fiberglass, forms the center of this striking piece. It is surrounded and pierced by bronze and gold thorns that grow outward in every direction.

The rich red surface evokes raw emotion, love, rage, fear, and desire entangled within the folds of memory and mind. From this polished form, thorns emerge like urgent signals. Cast in bronze and finished in gold, they glint with elegance while retaining a sharp edge, suggesting that harm and beauty often stem from the same source.

Each thorn appears both protective and invasive, as if the brain defends itself while also bearing the marks of experience. Bronze introduces a sense of weight and permanence, while gold hints at power, allure, and the fragility of control.

In Roots, Behnaz Mohammadhadi transforms a familiar anatomical form into a poetic reflection on human complexity. The sculpture invites viewers to consider how thought and emotion grow through tension, how what protects us can also wound, and how our deepest instincts are shaped by invisible roots.

This is not simply a brain. It is a terrain of memory, a map of vulnerability, and a portrait of the unseen forces that shape who we are.

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about the artist

Behnaz Mohammadhadi, born in September 1984 (Shahrivar 1363) in Tehran, is a visual artist and sculptor. She began her artistic journey with painting at a young age but soon gravitated toward sculpture, a medium she found to be more fluid and expansive.

Over the past two decades, she has participated in more than 50 solo and group exhibitions in Iran and abroad. Her work explores inner reflections and socio-cultural themes through distinct and evolving artistic phases. 

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Customization

This series can be made in various sizes, colors, patinas, and finishes. For custom orders, please contact us directly.

care

Dust your sculpture often using a soft, dry cloth of soft brush. Avoid the use of water, chemical and abrasive cleaners.

copyright

This mixed media sculpture is one of a kind original therefore, all copyrights and reproduction rights are reserved by the artist.