Aidin Xankeshipour | "Lifelessness": Hoor Gallery x +2 [Fereshteh]

+2, in collaboration with Hoor Art Gallery, is pleased to present “Lifelessness”, a solo exhibition by Aidin Xankeshipour. The exhibition will be on view at Hoor Gallery from August 7 through September 1, 2026.” Lifelessness” is Xankeshipour's latest body of work, bringing together more than four years of sustained engagement with still-life painting while reflecting on the relationship between objects, memory, and the condition of contemporary human existence.

In “Lifelessness”, Aidin Xankeshipour approaches the still life not as a classical genre but as a space for reflecting on agency, stasis, and memory. Everyday objects, vessels, plants, and familiar forms are not presented as straightforward representations of the visible world; rather, they emerge as repositories of accumulated experiences and memories sedimented within the artist's mind. By placing these objects under light, gradually dissolving visual certainty, and continually destabilizing the boundary between foreground and background, Xankeshipour constructs moments in which inert objects acquire the paradoxical qualities of both stillness and movement. For the artist, this condition becomes a metaphor for contemporary life; a state in which, despite our claims to agency, we often find ourselves caught in cycles of passivity and suspension.

Throughout the exhibition, the act of painting itself takes precedence over the finished image. Forms are built through successive layers only to be partially erased; preliminary drawings disappear beneath delicate brushwork, while signs gradually replace direct description. Comprising oil paintings and drawings produced since 2022, the works in “Lifelessness” form part of Xankeshipour's ongoing investigation into the relationship between image, material, and meaning. The exhibition is dedicated to Ahmad Amin Nazar, in tribute to an artist whose presence and vision have left a lasting imprint on the development of Xankeshipour's practice.

Aidin Xankeshipour (b. 1983, Rasht, Iran) is a painter, curator, and artistic director based in Tehran. He holds a B.A. in Painting from the University of Sistan and Baluchestan and two M.A. degrees in Painting and Illustration from the University of Art, Tehran. His practice is distinguished by an emphasis on the process of painting over the finished image, treating the act of painting itself as the site where meaning emerges. Xankeshipour began painting in 1999 and held his first solo exhibition at Golestan Gallery in 2007. His most recent solo exhibition, Freedom, was presented at Plus 2 in 2021. Previous solo exhibitions include Seyhoun Gallery (2008), Golestan Gallery (2009), Haft Samar Gallery (2011), and Dastan's Basement (2014). His work has also been featured in numerous group exhibitions, including A Close View of Far Field Representation at the Kerman Museum of Contemporary Art (2019), Drawing as Living at the Iranian Artists Forum (2018), Transition at Vartan Gallery (2019), Shabtab 6 at Ordibehesht Gallery (2019), Dastan:Outside at Sam Art (2015), and the First Iran Painting Expo (2008).