Vizard, 2022 is an exciting new direction which takes Asad Faulwell closer to his homeland Iran: here he presents an examination of the performative nature of power and politics told through the lens of Iranian history. Faulwell addresses multiple eras of Iran’s history with special attention given to America’s involvement in the 1953 coup that brought down Iranian prime minister Mohammed Mosaddegh. This particular work adopts symbolism and techniques from miniature painting and Qajar court portraits. It parallels the multidimensionality of Rene Magritte, interspersed with paradisal elements from Islamic ornamentation and mysterious symbolisms from ancient Persian textiles, ceramics and stonework.