Something there, I hear

Image: Zakiria Tahirian, Untitled, 2024, watercolour and ink on paper, 70x100cm (detail)

The exhibition Something there, I hear by Melbourne-based Hazara artist, Zakiria Tahirian, draws inspiration from a stanza by 13th-century poet and Islamic scholar, Rumi.

I went inside my heart to see how it was. Something there makes me hear the whole world weeping.

Tahirian engages with themes of beauty, grief, and censorship related to his lived experience of traditions and displacement across Afghanistan, Pakistan and Australia. Something there, I hear features a suite of new largescale ink on paper artworks. Audiences can interact with the artworks using UV light, revealing layered patterns, symbols and markings. Tahirian uses fragmented letters and calligraphy to explore the evolution of language, the fragility of communication and tensions between what is said and what is silenced. The artworks invite engagement through curiosity, light and attention.

Launch event

Join us for the combined launch of Something there, I hear and Gugubarra

• Date: Thursday 29 May
• Time: 6pm to 8pm
• Venue: Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery
• Cost: Free

Register online

Further information

For more information please contact Arts in Maroondah on 0417 915 347 or email gallery@maroondah.vic.gov.au.

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Location

Maroondah Federation Estate, 32 Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood, 3134, View map