Mohammadreza Ebrahimi, the well-known musician, has composed an original piece of music for Iran, the Endless Poem by Bita Vakili, an artwork held in the Raha Gallery Collection. In addition, Ebrahimi has written a song specifically for this painting and has personally performed it.
The fusion of the Abu Dhabi mosque (tradition) with the towers (modernity) re-creates a visual discourse of Emirati identity—an identity rising from the earth and reaching toward the sky. Bita Vakili’s painting, housed in the Raha Gallery Middle East Collection, illustrates that today’s UAE is the result of the coexistence of tradition and technology, faith and development, Islamic architecture and global innovation—a nation looking toward the future while never forgetting its roots. Beyond…
This painting by Bita Vakili, accompanied by an original composition and lyrics, reinterprets national identity through a contemporary, multimedia perspective. Combining material science, cartography, and conceptual art, Vakili portrays Iran not as a geographical territory but as a living, dynamic, and multilayered being. In her vision, metals flow like the veins of civilization through the body of the earth, and every washer and bolt carries traces of labor, endurance, and history. Here,…
The explosive and organic palette, the richly textured surfaces, and the dynamic movement sweeping across the canvas transform this painting into a visual living organism.
This untitled work by Bita Vakili, known as “Oil Highway,” was auctioned for $40,000 at Christie’s Dubai on October 21, 2014. Many art theorists praised the piece’s aesthetic value and its wide horizontal format, and commended the painter’s environmental awareness.
Although humans are not physically present in Bita Vakili's paintings, she says that the “Guardian of Treasure” series is a celebration of those who have contributed to the earth's beauty.
Vakili tells ArtDayMe: "I haven't changed all at once. This is a 30-year procedure. I progressed alongside society, the world, and my personal experiences."
Bita Vakili, an Iranian female painter, sold her most expensive work to date, "Dreaming New York," for $45,000 at Christie's Dubai auction on April 18, 2012. Vakili's departure from her previous genre of painting, for which she was well-known up until that point, distinguishes this piece.
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