The 4th Annual Outsider Art Exhibition: Dastan:Outside | V-Gallery

Dastan is pleased to announce the opening of The 4th Annual Outsider Art Exhibition curated by Morteza Zahedi as a Dastan Outside Project at V-Café’s Basement. The exhibition will be open for public viewing from December 2, 2016, through December 9. This is Dastan Outside’s second presentation at V-Café’s Basement and the first Outsider Art Annual organized by Dastan. Works by two of the artists featured in this exhibition, Mohammad Kazemzadeh (solo exhibition, 2015, The Basement) and Seyed Abbass Hosseini (group exhibition, 2016, Dastan+2), have been previously presented at Dastan.
Morteza Zahedi (b. 1978, Rasht, Iran), artist and curator, has been working on his Outsider Art Project for many years, locating, studying and promoting Iranian outsider artists. The 4th Annual Outsider Art Exhibition features works by ten outsider artists from different generations, varying in style, material and approach. These artists work outside of confines of the ‘official’ art scene and have not had contact with the mainstream and commercial art world.
Works by Mohammad Hossein Ariaee (b. 1987, Golpayegan, Isfahan), Alikhan Abdollahi (b. ca. 1960, Afghanistan), Seyed Abbass Hosseini (b. 1952, Tehran), Hasan Hazer Moshar (b. 1923, Masouleh, Gilan — d. 2015, Tehran), Davoud Kouchaki (b. 1939, Fouman, Gilan), Amir Kamand (b. 1960, Tehran), Reza Shafahi (b. 1939, Saveh), Gorgali Lorestani (b. Zabih-Allah Mohammadi ca. 1935, Malashir, Lorestan), Salim Karami (b. 1946, Charman, Gilan – d. 2013, Rasht, Gilan) and Mohammad Kazemzadeh (b. 1992, Tehran) are included in this exhibition.