Morteza Khosravi: The Floating Table

Influenced by the likes of Lucian Freud and Egon Schiele, Khosravi’s drawings and paintings suggest that he’s looking for artistic ideas – “for him, how to encounter pieces is important than pieces itself”. But does have a characteristic style of painting groups of people that appear to be faded photographs; the viewer has the same sense of nostalgia and reminiscence of better times as they would if they were looking at old family photos. It’s a clever device, inviting a great deal of participation from the viewer … To 5 November.

Above: Morteza Khosravi, from The Table series (2025)