THE FOURTH DIMENSION LIGHT PIERCING DARKNESS

Having followed Sahand Hesamian's works for the past eight or so years, I feel that on the occasion of his solo show of a monumental work and works on paper (limited edition prints) at Dastan’s Basement gallery, it would be a good time to compliment this exhibition with a mini - retrospective of his models and prototypes. Since he has a considerable body of work behind him and is no longer an emerging artist, but a fully fledged one. I don’t call his work “sculpture”, because by definition he does not sculpt. He has passed from 3 dimensional work to the 4th dimension, where the work embraces and surrounds the viewer (like Richard Serra, Sia Armajani, and Christo etc.) Looking at Sahand's works, islamic geometry immediately comes to mind, but for me it is a playful macho improvisation on childhood impression of visiting buildings in the south of Iran and the mystery and the ritual of being surrounded and engulfed by darkness pierced by light and the discovery of mysterious space and the transformation of it into volumes of geometric shapes. I am very pleased to be curating Sahand's first “wholistic” exhibition in Tehran and hope it will inspire visionary collectors and patrons to realize his prototypes and models in the scale he dreams; monumental and 4 dimensional.

FEREYDOUN AVE, MAY 2015

Dastan is pleased to announce Sahand Hesamiyan’s exhibitions titled “ٔFrame of Reference” at Sam Art and “Tavizeh” at the Basement.  These exhibitions are curated by Fereydoun Ave and will begin on May 8, 2015 and continue until May 22.  

 

At Sam Art, the artist’s paper maquettes and prototypes are presented in the manner that one can view at his workshop and a single large-scale steel piece is on view at the Basement.

 

Sahand Hesamiyan who grew up in Bushehr was born in 1977 in Tehran.  His “site specific” works can be viewed in different parts of Tehran.  He was among the finalists of “Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize” and his works are currently on view at the Venice Biennial 2015 at the Iranian Pavillon.