The 5th Annual Outsider Art Exhibition: Dastan:Outside | V-Gallery

Dastan is pleased to announce the opening of The 5th Annual Outsider Art Exhibition curated by Morteza Zahedi as a Dastan: Outside Project at V-Gallery. The exhibition will be open for public viewing from December 15, 2017, through December 29. This is the second Outsider Art Annual organized by 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 5th Annual Outsider Art Exhibition features works by nine 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 Alikhan Abdollahi (b. ca. 1960, Afghanistan), Kazem Ezi (b. 1942, Ezi, Khorasan Razavi), Tajesar Jafari (b. 1950, Bandar-e Anzali, Gilan), Hasan Hazer Moshar (b. 1923, Masouleh, Gilan — d. 2015, Tehran), Davoud Kouchaki (b. 1939, Fouman, Gilan), Amir Kamand (b. 1960, Tehran), Mohsen Ramzi (b. 1935, Arak), Reza Shafahi (b. 1939, Saveh), and Salim Karami (b. 1946, Charman, Gilan – d. 2013, Rasht, Gilan) are included in this exhibition.