“He never worked to have exhibitions: he just found an almost carnal pleasure in working and discovering the mysteries of different media and their nature and habits,” Ave added, describing him as “a renaissance man.”Dastan gallery went on to showcase more than 50 portraits by the artist in Dastan’s Basement at the Frieze New York art fair in April 2019, literally days after his passing.
His exhibitions include solo and group shows, both in Iran and internationally. For example, a solo presentation at Frieze Art Fair New York in 2019 (via Dastan Gallery) featuring more than fifty portraits. He is known to have had a public same wedding ceremony with his partner Sohrab Mahvi in February 1978 (though the marriage was not officially recognized). This is often described as Iran’s first recorded gay marriage.
