This abstract painting features a bold, geometric composition using vibrant colors and simple, rectilinear shapes. The predominant green and blue hues create a sense of depth and balance, with the rectangular forms suggesting architectural structures or vertical elements against a luminous sky. The textured, brushy application of paint and the subtle variations in shades lend a sense of dynamism to the piece. This work reflects the artist's exploration of abstraction and the use of color and form to evoke a sense of place and mood, without depicting specific subject matter. ...
Yaghoub Emdadian converts the landscape into a language of silence, where geometry and color evoke emotion beyond representation. His paintings are composed of broad, flattened planes—fields, skies, and horizons reduced to their essential forms. Often placing sparse elements like trees or distant structures along the upper edge of the canvas, he creates scenes that feel suspended in time. Influenced by the visual language of Persian miniatures and the structural clarity of modernist abstraction, Emdadian’s work emphasizes spatial harmony and chromatic depth. He uses repetition and reduction to strip landscapes of their descriptive function, inviting contemplation through silence and stillness. While early works hinted at cubist tendencies, his mature style is defined by a lyrical minimalism, where each surface and hue carries a meditative weight. The absence of detail becomes a presence in itself—suggesting memory, loss, or timelessness. Emdadian’s work offers a quiet intensity, creating spaces that feel both expansive and intimate, rooted in place but open to the metaphysical. ...
Dastan features an extensive and multi-dimensional program focusing on the full spectrum of Iranian contemporary and modern art. Dastan's program includes Dastan's Basement, +2, ParallelCircuit, Zaal Art Gallery, and Dastan:Outside. In addition to hosting exhibitions, Dastan publishes artist books and monographs on Iranian art, features film screenings, performance projects, and other events. Dastan's original space, Dastan’s Basement, was established in 2012 in Tehran, Iran. The Basement is dedicated to exhibiting emerging and cutting-edge Iranian art. +2 is a gallery launched by Dastan in 2015. This space showcases established Iranian artists and masters. Parallel Circuit aims to open the way for artists standing at the interstices of based and experimental art. Zaal Art Gallery is an international gallery in Ontario, Canada. The gallery provides an engaging and immersive space for both enthusiasts and professionals. Since opening its primary space in 2012, Dastan has continuously hosted pop-up curated exhibitions around the city of Tehran under the title Dastan:Outside. ...
