Group Presentation : Abu Dhabi Art 2024

Dastan is pleased to announce its participation at Abu Dhabi Art 2024 with a group presentation of works by Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam (1924 – 2018), Behjat Sadr (1924 – 2009), Massoud Arabshahi (1935 – 2019), Leyly Matine Daftary (1936 – 2007), Parviz Tanavoli (b. 1937), Ali Akbar Sadeghi (b. 1937), Parvaneh Etemadi (b. 1945), Fereydoun Ave (b. 1945), Farah Ossouli (b. 1953), Bita Fayyazi (b. 1962), Y.Z. Kami (b. 1956), Mehrdad Mohebali (b. 1960), Reza Aramesh (b. 1970), Farrokh Mahdavi (b. 1970), Pooya Aryanpour (b. 1971),  Andisheh Avini (b. 1974), and Taher Assad–Bakhtiari (b. 1982), marking the gallery's third time returning to the fair. The 16th edition of the Abu Dhabi Art will occur from 20 to 24 November 2024 at Manarat Al Saadiyat.

Dastan’s presentation focuses on exploring the dialog between matter, material, and abstraction. The presentation brings together these works of the abovementioned artists to present a reading of how they, in their study as well as practice, transcend into abstraction and how their physical materials influence, allow and address such explorations.