The Queer Withdrawings is a site-specific installation of drawings and two sculptural works inspired by an annotated and illustrated archive of manuscripts and other sources of Islamic mythologies and the occult sciences, which can be viewed in full at archive.shewhoseestheunknown.com.

These two mirrored sculptural figures, Qareen i and Qareen ii (Arabic/Farsi: قرين, lit. “constant companion”), offer blessings of healing and protection to their observers. Known as a primarily decorative medium in Iran, mirroring (Farsi: آینهکاری ayeneh-kari lit. “mirror-work”, or قرینهسازی Qareeneh Sazi lit. “to reverse”) is used as an aesthetic revetment in shrines. Mirroring schemas and mirrored-looking sketches furnish the walls, working in tandem with the symmetry found in the other works in the show to balance order and power.  a site-specific installation of drawings from an annotated and illustrated archive of manuscripts and other sources of Islamic mythologies and the occult sciences, which can be viewed in full at archive.shewhoseestheunknown.com. The exhibition is accompanied by a text by art historian and educator Nima Esmailpour, which can be read here.