Habitat group exhibition, exhibiting works of 10 artists: Mehrdad Afsari, Iman Ebrahimpour, Pooneh Oshidari, Shideh Tami, Hoda Zarbaf, Ali Phi, Samaneh Matallebi, Ali Honarvar, Zahra Ghyasi, and Adeleh Farzindar, will be held in Bavan Gallery, Tehran, From February 21st to March 13th, 2020.
Habitat is a multimedia exhibition that uses photography, sculpture, painting and new media such as video art to represent the environment surrounding the contemporary human being. With its industrial and economic activities, man has dramatically changed the climate of the planet earth. The earth has undergone a transformation due to human presence, and this transformation is visible in all aspects of modern life. Since the biggest and most important concern of humanity today is the environmental problems with which we all are obliged to deal in some way, this pressing issue has also found its way into the work of contemporary artists. Contemporary Iranian artists have also addressed environmental issues in their work in recent years. In this exhibition, the works are divided into two general sections based on the artist's view of the Anthropocene, some exploring fundamental changes in nature, and others looking at human existence in this world. Some of the works have been selected from previous collections of the artists which were consistent with the theme of the exhibition, but a number of works have been created exclusively for this exhibition and are exhibited for the first time. Adeleh Farzindar and Zahra Ghyasi have co-operated on a work of hybridization between sculpture and painting to talk about the cycle that man has changed by manipulating nature. In Ghyasi’s drawings, the defective cycle that causes genetic mutations in plants and all living things has found a portrayal.