Frieze Seoul 2023: Group Presentation

In her work, Asal Peirovi uses various techniques and focuses on themes such as memory, travel, scenography, architecture, and nature. Her signature is the distinct handling of materials and experimentations with architectural elements inside the logic of perspective. Another trademark in her works is that she often works on unprimed and unstretched canvases. The paintings of Asal Peirovi are a combination of study and improvisation in which the artist’s creation of visual texture on fabric resembles the unpredictable behavior of nature. This allows her to use it as a context to add different layers of architectural elements opposing nature’s unpredictability. These architectural elements, inspired by Perso-Islamic historic structures, are depicted in the color palette and the perspective techniques of traditional Persian painting, invoking many elusive references that express the diversity that informs Asal Peirovi’s visual perception.

Asal Peirovi's work has been featured in many solo exhibitions and group shows. Her solo Exhibitions include: "Passing Through Alborz Range in 3’20” (Chapter, New York, 2021) | "Curtains II" (Standard (Oslo), Oslo, 2019)| "Curtains" (Dastan’s Basement, Tehran, 2018)| "Travelogue’" (Dastan’s Basement, Tehran, 2016)| Shahla’s Bridge (Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, 2014) and her group exhibitions include "The Future" (Presented by Gagosian Gallery and Jeffrey Deitch, Paris, 2020)| "Ups & Downs" (Standard (Oslo). Oslo, 2020)| Update 5.0 (V-Gallery. Dastan:Outside. Tehran, 2017)| "Insomnia" (Assar Art Gallery. Tehran, 2016); "Zoo" (Shirin Art Gallery. Tehran, 2015)| "Happening Moment" (Sari Art Gallery. Sari, Iran, 2015)|"Infinity" (Seyhoun Gallery. Tehran, 2012)| Drawing Exhibition (Shirin Art Gallery. Tehran, 2010)| Drawing Exhibition (Mohsen Gallery. Tehran, 2009)| The 2nd Montakhabe-e Nasl-e No Exhibition (Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, 2007)| Painters from Mazandaran (Saba Cultural Center. Tehran, 2007).
Her works have been included in Art Fairs, including| "ART021" (Trio with Sepand Danesh, Mehdi Ghadynaloo, Shanghai, China, 2021)| Art Basel (Online, Represented by Standard (Oslo), Basel, 2020)| Independent Art Fair (Represented by Standard (Oslo). Basel, 2020)| Art Basel (Represented by Standard (Oslo), Basel, 2019).

Ali Beheshti (b. 1988, Qom, Iran) is Tehran-based artist. He received his MFA in Painting (2016) and BA in Graphic Design (2013) both from Azad University of Tehran. 

Ali Beheshti experiments with a variety of materials and mixes techniques, including multiple thin layers of graphite powder, ink and pencil, with less conventional ones, such as print transfer, to create frames that have the appearance of three-dimensional works. His forms are informed by an interest in Islamic-Iranian philosophy: how every form hints at an origin that can be deciphered by wading through layers of appearance. He thus pares down the visual characteristics of a form in his drawings to arrive at its mainspring.

Ali Beheshti has held three exhibitions with Dastan's Basement ("Opaque", 2021; "Interpretation", 2019; "Insensible", 2017). His works have appeared in many group exhibitions, including "Encircle the Apple or Shadowlessness" (V-Gallery, Tehran, 2019), "Agog" (V-Café, Tehran, 2016), both curated by Aidin Xankeshipour, and "I draw, therefore I think", a South South Project curated by Jitish Kallat (2021). Ali Beheshti has also shown his work in several art fairs, including Frieze Seoul (2022); Teer Art Fair Online (2020); Le Gymnasium Sacre, Curated by Sam Samiee in Dastan’s Basement Booth at Art Dubai 2019.