Art Dubai 2024: Group Presentation

Dastan is pleased to announce its presentation at Booth C-2, Art Dubai 2024 at Madinat Jumeirah Conference & Events Centre. The presentation marks Dastan’s tenth appearance at Art Dubai. 

The booth presents works by Reza Aramesh (b. 1970), Pooya Aryanpour (b. 1971), Fereydoun Ave (b. 1945), Andisheh Avini (b. 1974), Maryam Ayeen (b. 1985), Nasser Bakhshi (b. 1982), Seroj Barseghian (b. 1953), Yousha Bashir (b. 1989), Ghasemi Brothers (Morteza b. 1982, Sina b. 1984, Mojtaba b. 1987), Mohammad Hossein Gholamzadeh (b. 1986), Yaghoub Emdadian (b. 1948), Raana Farnoud (b. 1953), Elahe Farzi (b. 1984), Sahand Hesamiyan (b. 1977), Atefeh Majidi Nezhad(b. 1983), Farrokh Mahdavi (b. 1970), Nasrin Maleksabet (b. 1981), Shohreh Mehran (b. 1975), Bahman Mohammadi (b. 1984), Farah Ossouli (b. 1953), Morteza Pourhosseini (b. 1985), Mamali Shafahi (b. 1982), Parviz Tanavoli (b. 1937) and Y.Z Kami (b. 1956). 

The booth’s design accommodates shifting installations of the works, with the presentation changing and evolving through the fair’s public days. 

Ghasemi Brothers, a collective of Morteza, Sina and Mojtaba Ghasemi Sheelsar have been working together since 2015. They pursue their painting individually but when part of the collective, they work together on a single piece. Their collaborative work has been featured in “Red Room” (Dastan’s Basement, July 2016), “Red Room 2: Migratory Birds” curated by Roya Khadjavi (Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, April 2017) and “Blue Room” at V-Gallery (A Dastan:Outside Project) in 2018. The trio work freely and without thematic or technique-related limits, giving them room to express themselves freely. Their approach has provided them with an ability to continue working together. In the beginning they worked to create a single discourse based around the themes and interests that they shared. Ghasemi Brothers gradually started to paint objects that were reminiscent of their native city, the coastal area of Bandar Anzali, and its ecology -- the Caspian Sea, rain, and the color blue.

Sahand Hesamiyan (b. 1977, Tehran, Iran) studied Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran (Tehran, Iran). His work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions in Tehran (Dastan’s Basement; Sam Art -- A Dastan:Outside Project; Aun Gallery; 13 Vanak Street) and Dubai, UAE (The Third Line). Since 1999, hIs work has also appeared in numerous group shows in Iran, the UK, the USA, Italy, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. “Geometry”, an ongoing curatorial project by Dastan, features extensive research on geometrical forms used in works by Sahand and a number of other Iranian artists. Sahand Hesamiyan has participated in six biennials and symposiums in Tehran from 2005 to 2014, including the 1st Sculpture Biennial for Urban Space in Tehran (2008). He has won numerous awards including the first prize at the Padide International Symposium of Contemporary Iranian Sculpture (2014), was a finalist for the Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize (2009) and shortlisted in Jameel Prize (2016). Sahand Hesamiyan’s works are included in Delfina Entrecanales Collection, The Samawi Collection, MAC Collection, and numerous international private collections. Sahand Hesamiyan currently lives and works in Tehran, Iran.

Atefeh Majidi Nezhad (b. 1983, Isfahan, Iran) has lived and worked in Tehran, Iran, as an artist since 2006. She graduated with a BFA from Isfahan Art University (2006) and an MFA in Painting from the University of Tehran (2009).

Famous monuments of Esfahan, Jami' Mosque, have always drawn the artist to themselves. She spent many hours walking across their arched passageways, in the dizzying space under their domes, alongside walls adorned with floral patterns. She wanted to figure out the secret of architecture and its power. To do so, she chose monoprinting. She inked a glass surface, gently laid a piece of canvas (or paper) over it, and used a pen to draw on what was the back of the canvas. Ink is transferred onto the front by osmosis. Recently, she has focused on collections of sketches that reflect the many perspectives of the architectural spaces. sharing in the point of view of the inner monument and the moments within it. This literal tension is the reflection of the conceptual spectrum between the darkness of chaos and a lightness of space.

Nasrin Maleksabet (b. 1981, Yazd, Iran) studied Ceramic Engineering at the University of Yazd (1991-2004). She held her first ceramic exhibition in 2007 and moved to painting. In her recent work, she has explored the potential of thread, fabric, handmade dye, cotton, wool, and other materials that fall within the textile category.

Works of Nasrin Maleksabet are composed of countless threads interwoven in a complex pattern. These threads create a unified visual field despite their fragmented appearance. In the tradition of carpet weaving, warp and weft are often seen as the masculine and feminine elements. In such light, works of Maleksabet can be seen as a dialogue between these two forces. While her work does not conform to the traditional structure of carpet weaving, the way in which she uses threads to create expressive lines and shapes suggests a sense of emotional intensity.

Morteza Pourhosseini (b. 1985, Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran) received his BA in Painting from Shahed University of Art (2010).

Works of the artist in "In-between" framed his contemporary characters within the tradition of religious iconography of northern Europe. Their covered eyes, gazes that were lowered or beheld the horizon, their pliant bodies, pointed to an incident – an incident that has taken place and whose consequences were yet to come to light. "In-Between" seems to emphasize this sense of being on the threshold, "They are just one step from the Fall and the faceless figures are only observers."