Ideas for Entering Into the Realm of Beauty
And they are pieces of a long poem that, when put together, embrace you and me and invite us to a heartfelt dialogue by redefining space and matter.
Slowly, majestically and steadily.
Annual Report November 2020-2021
We celebrate our seventh year in business at O Gallery! Take a look at our exhibitions with the installation views.
O Gallery at Artissima 2021
O Gallery is pleased to announce its participation at Artissima 2021 with a duo presentation of works by Ashkan Sanei and Farniyaz Zaker. Ashkan Sanei’s aesthetics is based on destruction and repetition and in his practice, he swings between creation and destruction. The fragility and vulnerability of paper, his chosen medium, allows him to leave traces in his work rather than specific objects, reminiscing rather than directly indicating. Currently living and working in Tehran, Ashkan Sanei (b. 1984 Urumieh) has participated in many solo and group exhibitions in addition to co-curating “The List - Works on Paper” project with the gallery.
Mohammad Hassanzadeh’s Book, “Oil: Height of Depth”
"Oil: Height of Depth", a collection of works by Mohammad Hassanzadeh published by Pejman Foundation.
The main idea behind "Oil: Height of Depth" project is rooted in the confrontations and transformations in Iran’s southwest after the discovery of oil: historic/geographic configurations that have reminded within human and natural environments that forcefully resisted change, and where traces of this residence appear in different areas like unhealed wounds.
A work by Shideh Tami published in “Reflections, contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa” at the British Museum
Shideh Tami published in the book “Reflections: contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa” by the British Museum Press.
Shideh Tami
We celebrate our tenth year in business at O Gallery! Take a look at our year in review.
“Works by Iranian artist Ashkan Sanei showcased at Drawing Room Madrid” by Tehran Times
"Sanei’s works have been selected by Tehran’s O Gallery for the online exhibition, which will run until May 30.
“In Between Homage and Parody: On Relationships Between the Practices of Bahman Mohassess and Marino Marini” by Mohammadreza Mirzaei
"Bahman Mohassess (1931–2010) is from the generation of Iranian artists who travelled to Italy in the 1950s to study at Italian academies. Mohassess spent time in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome, and after returning to Iran in the 1960s, he played a prominent role in the new Iranian art scene. Although he was not Marino Marini’s pupil, Mohassess’s practice demonstrates a special relationship with Marini’s art.
Drawing Room Online Art Fair
O Gallery is pleased to present 5 works by Ashkan Sanei in the upcoming edition of the Drawing Room fair.
The international online fair will take place from May 15th to 30th with 19 international galleries presenting only 19 shows by artists from around the world.
In addition, works by Amir Karimi, Ghazal Khatibi, Maryam Mohry, Niloofar Lohrasbi, Pegah Rajamand and Razieh Sedighian are presented in the store section of their site.
Review on Ameen Moazami’s show “Streets of Tehran” by Alireza Rezaei Aghdam of Herfeh: Honarmand Magazine, Issue number 77
"Painting outdoors, especially in the city, confronts the artist with many different challenges; the most important of which is the increase in the number of variables; such as the change in light and shadow, and the movement of vehicles and people. Transforming the great and crowded atmosphere of the city into a two-dimensional surface is yet another matter that the artist must solve in a short amount of time.