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Milad Mousavi | "A Moon Shaped Artist": Dastan's Basement

Past exhibition
6 - 20 November 2020 The Basement
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Overview
Installation view. Photo by: Matin Jameie
Installation view. Photo by: Matin Jameie

A solo presentation of works by Milad Mousavi at Dastan's Basement

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Works
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Milad Mousavi, Antlered thoughts, 2020
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Milad Mousavi, Artist portrait with big moustache, 2020
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Milad Mousavi, Artist with Floating Head, 2020
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Milad Mousavi, Sleep walking Mr. Alqomi, 2020
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Milad Mousavi, Self portrait, 2020
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Milad Mousavi, Self portrait, 2020
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Milad Mousavi, Stand on Me, 2020
  • Milad Mousavi, Antlered thoughts, 2020
  • Milad Mousavi, Artist portrait with big moustache, 2020
  • Milad Mousavi, Artist with Floating Head, 2020
  • Milad Mousavi, Sleep walking Mr. Alqomi, 2020
  • Milad Mousavi, Self portrait, 2020
  • Milad Mousavi, Self portrait, 2020
  • Milad Mousavi, Stand on Me, 2020
Milad Mousavi, Antlered thoughts, 2020
Installation Views
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Press release

Dastan presents an exhibition of recent works by Milad Mousavi titled "A Moon Shaped Artist" at Dastan's Basement. The exhibition will open on Friday, 6 November, 2020 -with a preview on Thursday, November 5, and will be on display for public viewing until November 20. His third solo exhibition at Dastan, this presentation mainly features oil paintings on canvas along with water color and ink works on paper.

Born in 1987 (Tehran, Iran), Milad Mousavi studied Economics at Allameh Tabataba'i University. Mousavi has been painting professionally since 2012. is work has been inspired by his surrounding world, society, and other artistic mediums such as cinema and animation. In his paintings, he combines a variety of materials and techniques such as drawing and color pencils, acrylic, oil paint, and pen.

"A Moon Shaped Artist" includes Milad Mousavi's first attempt at employing a single medium (oil paint) in his paintings, and thus, marks a shift in the artist's practice both in technique and approach. Best known for his paintings and illustrations which bring together collective as well as personal themes and references, the artist has taken a new step toward featuring his own figure in his recent series. The presence of the artist's figure, as an active, characterized subject matter in the images, infuses them with a curious personal tone reminiscent of memories and experiences the artist has as an observer of the world.  Whether an image, an event, a novel or a dream, this series of personal references creates a background of architectural fantasy that addresses the expressive imagination of the artist.

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