A group of people
A group of people

Left to right: Catherine Lampert, Kate Gordon, Idris Khan, Georgina Cohen & Gregor Muir. Bottom: Sigrid Kirk & Maryam Eisler

LUX’s Chief Contributing Editor Maryam Eisler’s latest photographic series entitled Once Upon A Turquoise Past brings together memories of her homeland, Iran, and formative years spent in Europe and New York in the 1980s and 90s. Presented in an exhibition curated by Carrie Scott at Linley Belgravia, the dreamlike photographs reference writings of Persian writers such as Rumi, Hafez and Attar, as well as Charles Baudelaire’s Invitation to the Voyage set against the grand backdrop of Leighton House, the Victorian Kensington home of Orientalist Lord Leighton. LUX invited a number of guests to the opening of the show.
two women and a man standing by some steps

Left to right: David Linley, Maryam Eisler & Isabelle de la Bruyere

A woman and two men taking a selfie

Left to right: Maryam Eisler, Darius Sanai & Idris Khan

A woman in Turquoise feather dress next to a woman in a black leather coat

Left to right: Sarah Lovegrove & Lydia Connell

A painting on a wall by a table

Rise Up and Play by Maryam Eisler

women standing in front of photograph

Maryam Eisler & Meihui Liu

A man in a suit and a woman in a bleu dress standing on steps

Mark-Francis Vandelli & Marie Moatti

three women and a man standing for a photograph

Left to right: David Linley, Carrie Scott, Maryam Eisler & Katy Wickremesinghe

A painting on a wall by a table

Afshin Naghouni & Silvana Maragliulo

three women posing for a photo

Left to right: Emma Samuel, Donna Younis & Clare Schifano

abstract portrait photograph

Collective Memories by Maryam Eisler

three pictures above a table

Top Image: Wanderlust by Maryam Eisler

Bottom Left Image: There’s A Crack In Everything. That’s How The Light Gets In by Maryam Eisler

Bottom Right Image: Shadowplay by Maryam Eisler

Maryam Eisler: Once Upon a Turquoise Past runs until 28 November 2021 at LINLEY Belgravia. For more information, visit: davidlinley.com

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