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Collection Online as of April 16, 2026

A tan rectangular box features a fine woven texture and centered gold serif lettering. Arranged in four horizontal lines, the title 'STATELESS 2014–2015' is positioned above the credit 'PHOTOGRAPHS BY GOHAR DASHTI.' The matte cover has sharp edges and a uniform surface, casting a soft shadow on the neutral gray background. A thin bottom edge reveals the depth of the portfolio container.

Stateless 2014-2015

2014–15

Gohar Dashti

(Iranian, b. 1980)
publisher

Robert Klein Gallery

Iran
Portfolio of eight archival pigment prints
Overall: 61.5 x 44.5 cm (24 3/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Purchased with funds donated by Amy and Neil Viny 2017.110
© Gohar Dashti
Location: Not on view

Description

Gohar Dashti’s Stateless series comprises eight metaphorical tableaux that evoke the purgatory experienced by refugees throughout the world today. “Hoping for a better life,” writes Dashti, “they struggle in a never-ending limbo. . . . The sky becomes the ceiling and the mountains become the walls of their new homes, because Nature is the only place that promises shelter, an eternal and everlasting refuge.”
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2017.110