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,…
RECENT NEWS