The Pardeh-Khān
Artists: Orkideh Torabi, Ali Zakeri, Parham Peyvandi, and Shima Faridani
Curated by Nirvana Parvizimotlagh
In collaboration with Sarai Gallery
June 6 – July 11, 2026
Aabee Bleue Project is pleased to present The Pardeh-Khān, a group exhibition curated by Nirvana Parvizimotlagh, featuring works by Orkideh Torabi, Ali Zakeri, Parham Peyvandi, and Shima Faridani. The exhibition will be on view from June 6 through July 11, 2026, at Aabee Bleue Project in Los Angeles.
Before books, there was the voice. Before the voice, there was the image held up in firelight, and someone standing before it, deciding where to look.
Inspired by the Iranian tradition of Pardeh-khāni, a form of visual storytelling in which a narrator guides viewers through painted imagery, The Pardeh-Khān approaches curating as an act of narration through proximity, resonance, and interpretation. The exhibition unfolds across two conceptual “pardehs,” pairing artists whose works speak to one another through tension and contrast.
In the first room, Orkideh Torabi and Ali Zakeri examine masculinity from opposing perspectives. Torabi approaches through satire, exaggeration, and performance, while Zakeri reveals vulnerability and endurance beneath physical strength. Together, their works expose the fragile psychological structures hidden within masculine identity.
The second room brings together the works of Parham Peyvandi and Shima Faridani. Peyvandi’s controlled urban landscapes reflect memory, distance, and containment, while Faridani’s fluid compositions dissolve boundaries between body, landscape, and abstraction. Between them emerges a dialogue between structure and transformation, permanence and continuous becoming.
Rather than offering fixed conclusions, The Pardeh-Khān invites viewers to navigate the shifting relationships between the works and construct their own meanings through the space between them.
