"I couldn't sing in air conditioned rooms," she told NPR in 1982. "Which presented great problems in Las Vegas. They had to shut the air conditioning off, and the people would wilt. And I would, and the band would."
Morteza Khakshoor introduces female figures into his pictorial universe, expanding the emotional register of his psychologically charged scenes. Domestic interiors, uncanny landscapes, and moments of stillness reveal layered narratives and unresolved tension.