A glamorous yet thought-provoking portrait rendered in bold acrylics and shimmering glitter, Shirin Aliabadi's *Eye Want to Be Happy* presents a young Iranian woman adorned with Western-influenced makeup and styled hair, embodying the tension between cultural identity and globalized beauty ideals. The sparkling surface seduces the viewer with its pop aesthetic while masking deeper questions about desire, conformity, and self-expression in contemporary Iranian society. Aliabadi's signature visual language transforms the canvas into a space where personal longing and political reality collide beneath a glittering veneer.