In Trap of Calamity, Persian visual culture is interpreted through a graceful sense of movement together with flowing Persian calligraphy. The composition balances a contemporary palette, texture, and negative space to create a contemporary canvas with a clear focal point and a lasting emotional presence.
Poetry and Meaning
Saadi uses the beloved’s curling hair as both chain and snare: to enter love is to accept its beautiful danger, while only the uninvolved remain untouched.
Featured Persian verse:
سلسلهٔ موی دوست حلقهٔ دام بلاست
هر که در این حلقه نیست، فارغ از این ماجراست
Poet: Saadi (سعدی شیرازی), Ghazal 47.
Meaning: The beloved’s chain of hair is the loop of calamity; whoever is outside this ring is free from the story.
Designed for Meaningful Spaces
Trap of Calamity is well suited to a living room, bedroom, office, entryway, dining area, or meditation space. Its balanced contemporary palette works with modern, minimalist, transitional, and eclectic interiors, and its cultural focus makes it a thoughtful gift for a wedding, housewarming, Nowruz, birthday, or anyone connected to Persian art.
Canvas Details
- Gallery-wrapped, made-to-order canvas
- Printed with fade-resistant, water-based HP Latex inks
- Professionally stretched over a durable wooden support frame
- Canvas depth is selected for the ordered size and may be 0.75, 1.25, or 1.5 inches
- Ready to hang with mounting hardware included
- Available in multiple sizes
Looking for a different size, color palette, poem, or personalized version? Contact ORIAVI to discuss a custom order.
