Title: “Zero – Waste”
Ghazal Zare
December 2021
Tehran, IranShahr Gallery
Curator of this edition: Neda Darzi
Documentary film production: Harf-e-Honar Studio
Virtual space partner: Peyvast platform
Ghazal Zare
Title: Scar
Technique: Patchwork / Quilting
Year: 2021
Tehran, a city with a diverse urban geography, has seen damage, distress, and scarring over time. Perhaps only through a map can one access its outer and inner boundaries and follow its paths in focus and silence.
While studying the relationship between popular culture and the tablecloth, I encountered various tablecloths, underlays, napkins, and other items. This diversity perhaps tells the story of life.
The residents, who come from different ethnicities with diverse dialects and cultures, have settled in Tehran, bringing with them varied customs. This diversity, along with the collected samples from different areas of Tehran, illustrates a disunity of place and time, revealing a gap between social classes.
Ghazal Zare, born in 1978 in Tehran, is a researcher, art instructor, and curator of contemporary art projects.
Education: Diploma in Philosophy, Bachelor’s degree in Cell Biology, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Art – Anthropology Studies, focusing on popular culture and the importance of industries in shaping modernity.
Solo Exhibitions:
Arte, Seihoun, Jahan Nama Sa’dabad, UNICEF
Group Exhibitions:
Art, Portugal, Bratislava, Albania, Prague, Sharjah, Turkey, Iran, UNICEF
Group Project:
Land Art, Ghoavam Zang, curated by Pouya Aryanpour, Kashan
Plasco 14 / Fell but didn’t break = 14 Pk// Curator of Mamor Amoud Project
Daily Explorations Project, New Media Project, curated by Amirali Ghasemi
