Mehdi Rooz
Woman seated at the edge of a grave lit by a crescent of light, scattered stone graves on dark earth
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2022 · Digital Mixed Media · Square

Buried Light

I made this in a season of grief. A woman sits at the edge of an open grave, and at its floor a crescent of light still burns, like a moon that fell into the earth and would not go out. Around her, the dark ground is marked with the resting places of others.

Story fragmentWhen the light is buried, who stays to keep watch over it?

Format

Paper atmosphereA framed fine-art surface with a brighter archival paper presence.

Size

Print size

12" × 12"

Framed size

15" × 15"

$125

Product details

Print size12" × 12"
Framed size15" × 15"
Free shippingIncluded
FramedYes
Ready to hangHanging hardware installed on the back
Weight230 gsm, 9.5 mil, 0.24 mm
TextureSmooth
Brightness/ColorBright white
FinishMatte
AcidityAcid-free
Free ShippingFramedReady to HangMuseum-Grade Quality

I built this during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, in a time when mourning felt larger than any single name. A woman keeps watch at the rim of an open grave that loosely holds the shape of a homeland. At its floor lies a crescent of light, a moon buried in the dark earth and still burning, a life the ground could not put out. The scattered tiles across the field are other graves, a quiet record of those who did not come home. Her hands are folded, her gaze steady. Simone Weil believed that attention, real attention, is the rarest and purest form of generosity, and here attention becomes love. To sit beside the dead and truly look is its own kind of faith. Perhaps you have kept a vigil like this too.

Premium archival smooth matte fine art paper with a bright white surface, crisp detail, and refined color reproduction. Each print is framed in matte black with white matting and acrylic glass for a clean gallery presentation.

Weight230 gsm, 9.5 mil, 0.24 mm
TextureSmooth
Brightness / ColorBright white
FinishMatte
AcidityAcid-free archival
Frame MaterialSolid wood, matte black
Frame Face Width1.625" (1.375" height)
Print MountingDry-mounted to foam core
GlazingAcrylic glass
Mat ColorWhite
Mat Size1.50" per side
Hanging HardwareSawtooth hanger installed on back, ready to hang

Each work begins as an original digital composition and is produced as a physical fine-art print using professional archival materials. This is not a hand-painted original; it is a gallery-quality printed edition created from the artist’s digital artwork.

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Buried LightFramed Fine Art Paper / 12x12
$125
Woman seated at the edge of a grave lit by a crescent of light, scattered stone graves on dark earth

About this work / story layer

The story inside Buried Light

I built this during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, in a time when mourning felt larger than any single name. A woman keeps watch at the rim of an open grave that loosely holds the shape of a homeland. At its floor lies a crescent of light, a moon buried in the dark earth and still burning, a life the ground could not put out. The scattered tiles across the field are other graves, a quiet record of those who did not come home. Her hands are folded, her gaze steady. Simone Weil believed that attention, real attention, is the rarest and purest form of generosity, and here attention becomes love. To sit beside the dead and truly look is its own kind of faith. Perhaps you have kept a vigil like this too.
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