-In essence, Afnan's work is about memory, and her images of eroding traces, faces and places linger long in the memory.---Rose Issa, from the preface

Maliheh Afnan's work appears -as a relic of an older civilization or an archaeological excavation into the collective psyche. The delicacy of Persian miniatures and manuscripts, which she remembers from childhood, is mirrored in her love for intimate scale and the refined beauty of muted colour.-

Calligraphy plays an important role: images appear that suggest the written word. Works on paper and tablets of painted plaster are...