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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 painting.
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.
29 maj 2023 · Explores and theorises the modern and contemporary art of Iran from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Critically rereads the concepts of modern and contemporary art in the context of Iran. Discusses discourses such as nativism, nationalism, anti-westernism or Gharb-zadegi (Westoxification), modernism, secularism, Islamicism, identity ...
This paper will delve into the history of art in Iran in order to analyze the authenticity of artistic development from early times. I will argue that Iranian Modern Art sprang from a modernity unique to Iran and that this art was an innovative manifestation of Iranian history, culture, and values.
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.
Title: The cultural politics of art in Iran : modernism, exhibitions, and art production / Katrin Nahidi, Université de Genève. Description: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
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 ...
