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The modern art movement in Iran had its genesis in the late 1940s and early ’50s. Politically, these were the years that saw the abdication of Reza Shah and increased contact with the West. Artistically, this was the period after the death of painter Kamal al-Mulk (1852–1940) and thus symbolically the end of a rigid adherence to academic ...
A cursory glance at the history of art reveals that social, political and economic conditions have always played a major role in the emergence of new artistic currents and styles. As an example Flight by Morteza Katouzian is showing the marginalized people who have no freedom as result of political changes.
In this new, comprehensive study, featuring 379 full-colour images, Hamid Keshmirshekan considers the dynamics at play for Iranian artists as they confront their cultural past as well as issues of contemporaneity and cultural specificity.
It discusses the rather conflicting views in the visual arts in Iran as expressed through artistic practices and events in this period, including art productions and exhibitions as well as critical reviews.
this study seeks to revisit modernist Iranian art production to explore a more political and contextualized interpretation of modernism in Iran. A theoretical framework rooted in postcolonial critique and inter-woven with iconographic analysis will help dismantle imperial notions of modernity and has the potential to decolonize modernist ...
The development of modernism in the art of Iran was fuelled by the rapid modernisation processes occurring in other areas of Iranian life, specifically the country’s socio-political culture during the 1940s.
This book deals with the exploration and theorisation of Modern and Contemporary art of Iran through the examination of art movements and artistic practices in ...
