#KönigRecap: KÖNIG GALERIE presented Arghavan Khosravi's first solo exhibition in Germany earlier this year. TRUTH BE TOLD comprised a group of 11 new mixed media paintings in which the Iranian artist addresses the oppression of women in authoritarian regimes or patriarchal societies. Khosravi's figurative works are charged with symbolic meaning and at the same time disturbingly enigmatic due to the juxtaposition of contrasting pictorial elements or layers, which can be two- or three-dimensional. Most of the female figures that are depicted in Khosravi’s works are prevented from moving freely. They often seem trapped in a nightmare in which they are unable to run away: their legs are stuck in the concrete floor or deep holes; their wrists and arms are tied; their voice suffocates under water or in a bucket covering their head. One woman disappears behind drawn curtains, others seem to have burnt their fingers on something they were not allowed to touch. ©️ Exhibtion Views: Roman März ©️ Portrait: Hossein Fatemi @arghavan_khosravi #königgalerie #königexhibitions #königrecap #recap #recap2022 #arghavankhosravi