Group Exhibition
Opening on 6th September 2024
On view until 27th September 2024
Exhibiting artists:
Morteza Ahmadvand, Shaqayeq Ahmadian, Morteza Ardalan, Fatemeh Bahman Siyahmard, Samira Eskandarfar, Shapri Behzadi, Parisa Taghipour, Esmaeel Davari, Amirhossein Shahnazi, Hamed Sahihi, Nastaran Safaie, Bahar Samadi, Shahryar Gharaei, Payam Mofidi, Koosha Moossavi, Parsoua Mahtash, Allahyar Najafi, Raheleh Nooravar
With special thanks to Assar Gallery Tehran and Emrooz Gallery Esfahan.
Black is the absence of visual perception. It does not reflect, emit, transmit or receive. Black does not exist in nature.
White is the achromatic perception of maximum brightness and luminosity. White does not exist in nature either.
It is perhaps an impossible and wishful undertaking to have the contemporary art of our land judged and/or appreciated outside the preconceived notion and prevalent world public opinions. Does the world really need contrasts to create a distinguishable reality?
As a Nation we are neither black nor white. We like to be viewed away from the a priori clichés of right and wrong, and the prefixed notions of good and bad. In other words, we like to be seen as we are, in our diversity and complexity.
Nazila Noebashari
![Shaqayeq Ahmadian. A Black House. Mixed media. 54x31x21 cm. 2024](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Shaqayeq-Ahmadian.-A-Black-House.-Mixed-media.-54x31x21-cm.-2024-391x500.jpg)
![Shahryar Gharaei.Cardboard, glass, wood. Overall size 64.8 64.8 cm. Size of paper 56x56 cm.2023](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Shahryar-Gharaei.Cardboard-glass-wood.-Overall-size-64.8-64.8-cm.-Size-of-paper-56x56-cm.2023-500x500.jpg)
![Shahpari Behzadi. Iran Black or White. Acrylic on canvas. Overall size 120x60cm. 2024](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Shahpari-Behzadi.-Iran-Black-or-White.-Acrylic-on-canvas.-Overall-size-120x60cm.-2024-250x500.jpg)
![Samira Eskandarfar. You Make Me Cry. Digital print 100x70 cm. Artist Proof.](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Samira-Eskandarfar.-You-Make-Me-Cry.-Digital-print-100x70-cm.-Artist-Proof-331x500.jpg)
![Raheleh Nooravar. From the Biosis series-3D print, fiberglass and wax-105x72x75cm-Unique-2022](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Raheleh-Nooravar.-From-the-Biosis-series-3D-print-fiberglass-and-wax-105x72x75cm-Unique-2022-329x500.jpg)
![Payam Mofidi. printmaking (photo etching)-310gr Hanemuhle paper-28.5x40cm-Ed. of 10-2016](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Payam-Mofidi.-printmaking-photo-etching-310gr-Hanemuhle-paper-28.5x40cm-Ed.-of-10-2016-500x334.jpg)
![Koosha Moossavi. Untitled. Acrylic & Papier-mâché on canvas. 84x69 cm. 2023](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Koosha-Moossavi.-Untitled.-Acrylic-Papier-mache-on-canvas.-84x69-cm.-2023-375x500.jpg)
![Morteza Ahmadvand. CUBE. Single channel video. 5’ 50”. Edition (33+AP)](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Morteza-Ahmadvand.-CUBE.-Single-channel-video.-5-50.-Edition-33AP-500x281.jpg)
![Morteza Aradalan. Untitled. Car paint on wood-35x21x4cm top piece-36x26x9cm bottom piece (2022-2023)](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Morteza-Aradalan.-Untitled.-Car-paint-on-wood-35x21x4cm-top-piece-36x26x9cm-bottom-piece-2022-2023-403x500.jpg)
![Nastaran Safaie. The Goddess of Childless Mothers. Copper, car paint, aluminum. 210x105x105 cm. 2012](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Nastaran-Safaie.-The-Goddess-of-Childless-Mothers.-Copper-car-paint-aluminum.-210x105x105-cm.-2012-332x500.jpg)
![Parisa Taghipour. Coexistence of Good and Evil. Mixed media fabric, found objects, threads and painting. 210x200 cm. Year 2024 (details)](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Parisa-Taghipour.-Coexistence-of-Good-and-Evil.-Mixed-media-fabric-found-objects-threads-and-painting.-210x200-cm.-Year-2024-details-333x500.jpg)
![Parsoua Mahtash. Self-metamorphosis. Charcoal on toned paper.41×29 cm- 2022.](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Parsoua-Mahtash.-Self-metamorphosis.-Charcoal-on-toned-paper.41×29-cm-2022-351x500.jpg)
![Hamed Sahihi. A Time of Ones Own. Acrylic on canvas. 60x50 cm. 2018](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Hamed-Sahihi.-A-Time-of-Ones-Own.-Acrylic-on-canvas.-60x50-cm.-2018-415x500.jpg)
![Fatemeh Bahman Siyahmard. Destination Unknown. Oil on canvas. 180x180 cm. Year 2022](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Fatemeh-Bahman-Siyahmard.-Destination-Unknown.-Oil-on-canvas.-180x180-cm.-Year-2022-477x500.jpg)
![Bahar Samadi. Qasr-e-Shirin- Earthquake in Western Iran - 12 November 2017. Altered Press Photograph 576 pieces of 9.30x9.30 cm paper, inkjet print.2017](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Bahar-Samadi.-Qasr-e-Shirin-Earthquake-in-Western-Iran-12-November-2017.-Altered-Press-Photograph-576-pieces-of-9.30x9.30-cm-paper-inkjet-print.2017-500x484.jpg)
![Amirhossein Shahnazi. Bayad. Mixed media with wood -64x50x140 cm. 2019](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Amirhossein-Shahnazi.-Bayad.-Mixed-media-with-wood-64x50x140-cm.-2019-500x334.jpg)
![Esmaeel Davari. Tale of Platform. Rapidograph on paper board. 107x65 cm. 2024](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Esmaeel-Davari.-Tale-of-Platform.-Rapidograph-on-paper-board.-107x65-cm.-2024-317x500.jpg)
![Allahyar Najafi.Tower of Babel. Mixed media on galvanized steel. 270x60x50 cm. 2019.](https://www.aarangallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Allahyar-Najafi.Tower-of-Babel.-Mixed-media-on-galvanized-steel.-270x60x50-cm.-2019-386x500.jpg)