Traditionally, the Persian garden is walled, demarcating the borders between the private and public spaces. At key historical moments, though, those boundaries have blurred and the idyllic Persian garden has become a space of political intrigue. For Bahar, the breached garden wall is a trope through which she can explore Iranian history more broadly, and its relations with the United States more specifically.  → See the series catalogue
—Dr. Shiva Balaghi, independent scholar and curator