Overview
Iranian artists have been producing some of the world's mostthought-provoking and intellectually grounded artworks. In this landmark compendium, renowned art historian HamidKeshmirshekan provides a thorough review of contemporary art in Iran and showsthat the twentieth century was a crucial period in the country's art andculture, when the legacies of tradition and modernism where criticallyreassessed. Contemporary Iranian Art is an unprecedentedintroduction to Iran's vibrant art history over the past one hundred years.This fully revised and updated edition features more than 370 colourillustrations by the country's leading artists, including Mahmoud Bakhshi, Shadi Ghadirian, Barbad Golshiri, Marcos Grigorian, Farhad Moshiri, ShirinNeshat, Sohrab Sepehri, Mitra Tabrizian, Parviz Tanavoli and Charles HosseinZenderoudi.
- | Author: Hamid Keshmirshekan
- | Publisher: Saqi Books
- | Publication Date: Jul 29, 2025
- | Number of Pages: 352 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 086356979X
- | ISBN-13: 9780863569791
