Hootan Heydari
Hootan Heydari — The Evidence (4865g), 2023
DONE/UNDONE
Curated by Joseph Gardner
VISIONARIES 2025: Presenting the future of Australian art, craft and design through the lens of one of the country's most influential creatives.
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The Evidence (8440g) and The Evidence (8365g) are part of a series created in 2023 and were first exhibited at Spring 1883 Art fair. They were created using photographs reprinted from the artist's family archive. The photographs are sliced (or put through a paper shredder) in an act destruction. Plaster partially covers these fragmented remains. The works appear as attempts at bringing order to the past and also bring to mind redacted documents or destroyed evidence.
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Hootan Heydari is a Tehran-born, Naarm/Melbourne-based multidisciplinary artist whose work spans across installation, video, photography, and performance. He completed his Master of Fine Arts by Research at the Victorian College of Arts in 2024. His works are held in private and institutional collections (including Bundoora Homestead and Counihan Gallery). He is represented by Futures Gallery in Collingwood/Naarm. He is a sessional lecturer at RMIT University and has been an active member of the City of Melbourne Public Art Advisory Panel since 2023.
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14 November 2025 - 7 February 2026
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Joseph Gardner is the 2025 Visionaries curator – presenting DONE/UNDONE: an exhibition of 50+ artists, and one of Craft’s largest exhibitions to date – featuring artists working across medium, scale and practice, representing exceptional Australian talent.
DONE/UNDONE explores the creative process as a space of constant negotiation – a series of decisions to build, erase, repeat, or let be. It’s about that intuitive moment when a maker chooses to pause, to push further, or to dismantle entirely. These are the choices that define the rhythm of making – choices familiar to artists, designers, and creators across disciplines.
Joseph Gardner is the Style Editor at Vogue Living, with a decade of experience in publishing and styling, and the founder of Sydney-based gallery, Studio Gardner.
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Material: Steel, glass, photographs and plaster
Dimensions: approx. 48 x 32 x 4cm
Please note: purchased works are to be collected at the conclusion of the exhibition (7 February 2026).
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