Contemporary Iranian Art: New Perspectives - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Saqi BooksISBN-13:9780863569791ISBN-10:086356979XUPC:9780863569791Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, Criticism & Theory, HistoryBook Topic:Contemporary (1945- )Size:10.47 x 8.58 x 0.94 inchesWeight:3.5031Product ID:SCKSQ9SRYY
Iranian artists have been producing some of the world's most
thought-provoking and intellectually grounded artworks. In this landmark compendium, renowned art historian Hamid
Keshmirshekan provides a thorough review of contemporary art in Iran and shows
that the twentieth century was a crucial period in the country's art and
culture, when the legacies of tradition and modernism where critically
reassessed. Contemporary Iranian Art is an unprecedented
introduction to Iran's vibrant art history over the past one hundred years.
This fully revised and updated edition features more than 370 colour
illustrations by the country's leading artists, including Mahmoud Bakhshi,
Shadi Ghadirian, Barbad Golshiri, Marcos Grigorian, Farhad Moshiri, Shirin
Neshat, Sohrab Sepehri, Mitra Tabrizian, Parviz Tanavoli and Charles Hossein
Zenderoudi.
thought-provoking and intellectually grounded artworks. In this landmark compendium, renowned art historian Hamid
Keshmirshekan provides a thorough review of contemporary art in Iran and shows
that the twentieth century was a crucial period in the country's art and
culture, when the legacies of tradition and modernism where critically
reassessed. Contemporary Iranian Art is an unprecedented
introduction to Iran's vibrant art history over the past one hundred years.
This fully revised and updated edition features more than 370 colour
illustrations by the country's leading artists, including Mahmoud Bakhshi,
Shadi Ghadirian, Barbad Golshiri, Marcos Grigorian, Farhad Moshiri, Shirin
Neshat, Sohrab Sepehri, Mitra Tabrizian, Parviz Tanavoli and Charles Hossein
Zenderoudi.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Saqi BooksISBN-13:9780863569791ISBN-10:086356979XUPC:9780863569791Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, Criticism & Theory, HistoryBook Topic:Contemporary (1945- )Size:10.47 x 8.58 x 0.94 inchesWeight:3.5031Product ID:SCKSQ9SRYY
Hamid Keshmirshekan is Senior Teaching Fellow at the
Department of History of Art and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London, and
Senior Research Fellow at the Khalili Research Centre (KRC), Oxford University.
He was previously a senior lecturer at the Advanced Research Institute of Art,
Iranian Academy of Arts, an associate fellow at the KRC at Oxford University,
and Editor-in-Chief of the bilingual (English Persian) quarterly, Art
Tomorrow. His publications include Koorosh Shishegaran: The Art of
Altruism (2016), and Contemporary Art from the Middle East: Regional
Interactions with Global Art Discourses (ed.) (2015)
Department of History of Art and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London, and
Senior Research Fellow at the Khalili Research Centre (KRC), Oxford University.
He was previously a senior lecturer at the Advanced Research Institute of Art,
Iranian Academy of Arts, an associate fellow at the KRC at Oxford University,
and Editor-in-Chief of the bilingual (English Persian) quarterly, Art
Tomorrow. His publications include Koorosh Shishegaran: The Art of
Altruism (2016), and Contemporary Art from the Middle East: Regional
Interactions with Global Art Discourses (ed.) (2015)
Publisher: Saqi Books
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