In the shelter of the untamed tree

Her trees are not merely landscapes; they are the very bodies of this land. Beings whose roots draw from memory and whose branches rise amidst the turmoil of fire. This exhibition tells the story of resilience at the heart of the flames, where the boundary between destruction and rebirth blurs.

In these works, a constant dialogue unfolds between gentleness and violence. The artist uses embroidery and thread—symbols of care, intimacy and healing—to express the wounding, anguish and chaos of a nation under the fire of oppression. Here, every stitch becomes an act of survival in the face of destruction.

These feet moving forward through the ashes are the footprints of a people who refuse to fall. Under constant threat, in the shadow of an imposed war, they seek refuge. A refuge beneath a tree which, though scarred by a foreign fire, still feels life pulsing through its veins of thread.

This resilience is not the result of carelessness, but the splendour of roots that refuse to let go, reaching towards a sky that will remain, against all odds, free and infinite.

Ali Jafari

An exhibition supported by the Centre National des Arts Plastiques, to whom the artist and the gallery extend their warmest thanks