Isolated bodies, waiting for a touch
Hua International is pleased to present Isolated Bodies, Waiting for a Touch, an exhibition by Iranian artists Tirdad Hashemi, Soufia Erfanian, and Mahsa Saloor, on view in Berlin during Gallery Weekend 2025.
Intestine disorder is a condition largely caused by stress and anxiety, which Tirdad Hashemi has experienced since childhood. As a transgender person, Hashemi has long focused on studying weakened, isolated, and reshaped bodies through their paintings. Drawing ill and malfunctioning intestines together with Soufia Erfanian, Hashemi鈥檚 partner, becomes a tender form of care within their relationship.
Scratchy Lungs Spit Midnight Blue, a poem by Mahsa Saloor, written in response to the drawings, allows Tirdad Hashemi to explore other aspects of the body鈥攁 process especially significant to them as a person of color who grew up in the community-oriented culture of Iran. The exhibition also includes oil paintings by Mahsa Saloor which explore tactile and sensual possibilities of the medium to evoke a sense of touch, desire, healing, and longing.
Together, the drawings of Tirdad Hashemi and Soufia Erfanian and the paintings and poem of Mahsa Saloor gain deeper resonance and power through their connection based on intimacy, care, and collaboration.
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Hua International is pleased to present Isolated Bodies, Waiting for a Touch, an exhibition by Iranian artists Tirdad Hashemi, Soufia Erfanian, and Mahsa Saloor, on view in Berlin during Gallery Weekend 2025.
Intestine disorder is a condition largely caused by stress and anxiety, which Tirdad Hashemi has experienced since childhood. As a transgender person, Hashemi has long focused on studying weakened, isolated, and reshaped bodies through their paintings. Drawing ill and malfunctioning intestines together with Soufia Erfanian, Hashemi鈥檚 partner, becomes a tender form of care within their relationship.
Scratchy Lungs Spit Midnight Blue, a poem by Mahsa Saloor, written in response to the drawings, allows Tirdad Hashemi to explore other aspects of the body鈥攁 process especially significant to them as a person of color who grew up in the community-oriented culture of Iran. The exhibition also includes oil paintings by Mahsa Saloor which explore tactile and sensual possibilities of the medium to evoke a sense of touch, desire, healing, and longing.
Together, the drawings of Tirdad Hashemi and Soufia Erfanian and the paintings and poem of Mahsa Saloor gain deeper resonance and power through their connection based on intimacy, care, and collaboration.
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