all working within this field and giving their own voice. so we wanted to represent that dynamic period of modernism, where iranian artists were really exploring different ways of expressing their modernity. we have oil paintings, sculpture, and photography. we have film, installation work, and animation. and over half our artists are women, so really creating a very dynamic voice. within the era of modernism, it's interesting to look at some of those key artists, all of whom are iconic today. so we can look at someone like sirak melkonian — his work, "veiled woman", won the first prize