From Rasht, Darius Dolatyari-Dolatdoust

For ten years, Darius Dolatyari-Dolatdoust has turned his impossible journey to Iran into the substance of a sensitive exploration. He collects fragments of a heritage to reinvent in museums, archives, or family memories, telling stories other than his own. That of his father, born in Rasht, uprooted following the 1979 Islamic revolution and settled in France; that of an aunt who remained in Iran; that of a diaspora scattered as far as Toronto; and finally, that of a stolen cultural heritage.

Patiently, Darius Dolatyari-Dolatdoust weaves, sews, draws, assembles, and recomposes these narratives into images that now constitute a body of around fifty artworks. For his first solo exhibition in Paris, he presents this intimate geography at ICI, accompanied by new pieces in a shimmering, vibrant scenography inspired by his performance practice.