On the occasion of its eighth anniversary, Darz presents a curated selection of works drawn from galleries, artists, and private collections, bringing together the different settings in which art is produced, presented, and collected. The selection grows out of sustained engagement with the visual arts through archiving, documentation, interviews, and editorial work. These activities have brought Darz into conversation with a wide community of practitioners and have shaped its attention to the connections between artworks, the contexts surrounding them, and the audiences who encounter them.
This presentation gives those relationships a shared setting. A work selected from an artist’s studio enters into dialogue with one held in a private collection or presented through a gallery programme, allowing distinct histories and artistic positions to be considered alongside one another. Bringing these sources together within a single curated dossier, Darz offers a point of access through which audiences can discover works, follow individual practices, and explore connections across generations and mediums. The selection carries the knowledge and curiosity developed through the archive into the experience of encountering and collecting art, encouraging exchange between the community that has formed around Darz and the new audiences it continues to reach.
Abstraction and Pictorial Structure
Abstraction emerges through the rhythmic bands of Seroj Barseghian and the dense marks of Ashkan Sanei’s By the Sea. Their works offer distinct approaches to line, repetition, surface, and pictorial space.
Seroj Barseghian | Untitled
Landscape and Still Life
Fereydoun Ave’s vegetable study, Ali Nassir’s flowers, and Shahla Hosseini’s dried plants bring sustained attention to familiar natural forms. Alongside landscapes by Meghdad Lorpour and Sale Sharifi, they explore how observation becomes an expressive construction of colour, atmosphere, and place.
The Human Figure and Everyday Life
Arsia Moghaddam’s populated interior and Faezeh Zandieh’s Folded in place human relationships at the centre of the image. Photographs by Sina Shiri, Shayan Sajadian, and Alborz Kazemi extend this attention into everyday life, connecting individual presence with shared social space.
Arsia Moghaddam | Untitled
Myth Symbol and Imagined Narratives
Amir Farhad’s animated figures and Elham Pourkhani’s "The Mourning of Siavash" approach storytelling through symbol and cultural reference. Across these works, recognisable motifs enter imagined settings, opening connections between inherited narratives and individual interpretation.
Sculpture Assemblage and Constructed Form
Bita Fayyazi’s figure and Alireza Astaneh’s "Head of a Horn", explore relationships between body, enclosure, and structure. Volume, surface, and assembly become central to the viewer’s encounter with these works.
The selection remains open to individual readings, inviting audiences to find their own paths through familiar practices and new discoveries.
