Calligraphy Mixed Media Sculpture

This contemporary mixed media sculpture speaks through silence, where pierced calligraphy and golden spikes echo a world unraveling

Artwork Description

about this mixed media sculpture

Behnaz Mohammadhadi’s Ragnarok sculpture appears as a cylindrical vessel made of iron, its body carved with flowing calligraphic patterns in a rich metallic blue. The structure is open and lace-like, allowing light to pass through and cast intricate shadows that seem to breathe around it. The lid is detailed with polished brass and crowned with pointed golden spikes, creating a striking contrast between elegance and menace.

This work continues the Ragnarok series, named after the ancient myth of destruction and rebirth. In Norse legend, Ragnarok marks the end of gods and the unraveling of the world, followed by the emergence of something new.

Mohammadhadi draws on this symbolism to speak about societal collapse, moral forgetting, and the weight of silence that follows. The calligraphic patterns evoke language and knowledge, yet they no longer communicate. What once carried truth now feels ornamental and hollow.

The brass lid with its golden spikes suggests protection, defense, or perhaps warning. It shines like a ceremonial crown, dignified yet dangerous. The sculpture as a whole becomes a vessel for forgotten meaning, where beauty remains but understanding slips away. Its openness feels paradoxically heavy, as though the void it frames carries more weight than the iron itself.

Through this piece, Mohammadhadi explores the erosion of values and the human tendency to persist through decline without reflection. The vessel does not hold or contain in a traditional sense. It listens without hearing, speaks without clarity. What we are left with is the echo of form and the memory of something sacred that may no longer return.

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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 mixed media 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.