. >> artist arghavan khosravi has -- sees two irans. one she sees inside her home. >> i was born in a family that is culturally educated and gave me the space to do whatever i want. >> and then there's t public iran, where life is heavily restricted, especially for women. >> we go to school, we have to wear hijab, and there are things you must do to comply with those rules. i think it is too extreme to say that you couldn't be yourself. you could, but just a modified version or more contained. >> so in this, her first museum exhibition, we find flowering trees, sumptuous textiles, and birds with widespread wings. but we also find women diminished, faces obscured, sometimes forcibly restrained. the work, khosravi says, all comes from memory. >> they're usually, mostly, not very positive, so for me, reacting to those memories in, in the paintings is somehow a way, also, to cope with those traumatic, often traumatic experiences. jared: and none of tse women are ever you? >> no, i never, intend to have these women as self-portraits, but i h

jared: in a visual language khosravi has steadily cultivated. look closely and you'll find her paint often sparkles. a nod to the precious. like middle eastern oil, she says, that comes at the expense of democracy. the classical sculpture represented throughout her work speaks to both pay remarky and notions of human -- patemarky and nions of human decay. >> and also includes things like more eastern traditions like contemporary fashion photography. it sets up this interesting contrast and contradiction of ideals. jared: khosravi also returns time and again to historic persian miniature painting. there are images she was raised on but in her versions, she moves men to the side. >> i see that women have a secondary role or not very important roles in those scenes. and in my own work, i wan to -- that idea and give women more presence than what we have seen throughout our history. jared: history is literally woven into khosravi's work as she paints around, over, and through hand-made textiles, her father has sent from iran. you come in and you rea