Shabahang Tayyari: Stop counting the waves following me, you seabirds!

This solo exhibition explores themes of uniformity, replication, flatness, originality, fiction, and exclusivity within the frame of each painting, but also between the different frames, and throughout the overall arrangement of the works.

The deliberate arrangement of the paintings, with four triangular corner pieces along with the orientation of the waves purposefully guides viewers on a clockwise journey through the exhibition. Numbered and titled in tandem, the waves evoke the three-dimensional maquettes traditionally employed by performers to emulate the fluid motion of the ocean, while their outline drawings are informed by the curves and harmonies of Persian-Arabic calligraphy.

Runs in Gallery 2 at The Third Line to 21 July.