Khashkhash, by Hossein Maher

Khashkhash — Poppies

Khashkhash

Acrylic on canvas · Dimensions to confirm · Year to confirm

Two dozen dried seed pods rise on long wavering stems from the bottom edge, each one slightly different, none of them upright. The ground is bone and chalk, built up and scraped back. It reads as a crowd — individual, patient, and unmistakably standing.

Draft copy — pending review