A solo presentation of works by Milad Mousavi.

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Dastan’s Basement proudly presents a solo exhibition of works by Milad Mousavi titled “Brutality of Physics”. This exhibition will be on view from September 5 to 26, 2025.

Mousavi is a prolific storyteller who reacts to his surroundings using painting and drawing as medium. Known to a large extent for his thick, dark, glossy oil paintings, his editorial illustrations have appeared in various magazines. In “Brutality of Physics” we see both the painter and the illustrator at work investigating a single subject matter – affair with his mobile phone. Here, too, the artist includes himself in frames to give it a personal, experiential direction. In his black pen on paper illustrations he attempts to simplify this dynamic mobile affair by depicting the astonishing human hands in freakish forms. In his oil paintings, the figure, tucked in a blanket, appears tangled in a net made of rays of light in contrast to surrounding dark, glistening colors.

Milad Mousavi (b.1987, Tehran, Iran) holds a degree in Economics from Allameh Tabatabai University. He began his professional career in the visual arts in 2012. Mousavi’s most recent solo exhibition titled “I Wish You Felt the Same” was presented last year at Zaal Gallery in Toronto. He has previously held three solo exhibitions titled “A Moon Shaped Artist” (2020), “ZanAuschwitz” (2017), and “Fish-Fishi” (2015) at Dastan’s Basement. His works have also been featured in several group exhibitions, including the “Polychromatic – Online Viewing” at Daniel Raphael Gallery in London (2021), “Asia Now” (2021), Art Dubai (2018), Tir Art (2018), and the Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair (2016). In 2016, one of Milad Mousavi’s works was sold at the Sotheby’s auction in Dubai. Additionally, his works have been published in the magazine “Mondial” (2014) and the book “Imagio Mundi, The Luciano Benton Collection of Iranian Artists” (2013).