Myth as a Shifting Language

Anahita Razmi’s practice unfolds along the lines of fracture between cultures, languages and systems of representation, questioning the ways images and symbols circulate, transform and generate new meanings. Born in Hamburg to a German mother and an Iranian father, Razmi has developed a body of work rooted in cultural crossing, making the migration of visual codes and gestures one of the central focuses of her research. Working across video, photography, installation and performance, the artist often employs strategies of appropriation and displacement. Iconic images, references to popular culture, codified movements and historical narratives are extracted from their original contexts and repositioned within new settings, where they take on ambiguous and at times contradictory meanings. This process challenges notions of authenticity, identity and belonging, revealing the power dynamics embedded in the production and circulation of images. Over the years Razmi has exhibited internationally, taking part in major institutional events and museum exhibitions across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Her work is distinguished by a combination of conceptual rigor and subtle irony, transforming familiar imagery into critical devices that interrogate cultural stereotypes, East-West relations and the construction of contemporary myth. With The Task of the Mythologist, opening on January 17, 2026 at Carbon 12 Gallery in Dubai, Razmi continues her investigation into the power of narratives and their capacity to shape the collective imagination. The exhibition forms a coherent extension of a practice that invites viewers to consider myths not as fixed structures, but as living organisms, constantly subject to rewriting.