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Contemporary Iranian Art

New Perspectives

Hamid Keshmirshekan

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English
Saqi Books
29 April 2025
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.
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Imprint:   Saqi Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 270mm,  Width: 220mm,  Spine: 30mm
Weight:   480g
ISBN:   9780863569791
ISBN 10:   086356979X
Pages:   368
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Hamid Keshmirshekan is an art historian, critic and Senior Teaching Fellow at the Department of History of Art and Archaeology, School of Arts, SOAS. He was previously Senior Lecturer at the Advanced Research Institute of Art (ARIA), Iranian Academy of Arts (2013-17) and Associate Fellow at the KRC, Faculty of Oriental Studies and History of Art Department at Oxford University (2004-12). He has been Editor-in-Chief of the bilingual quarterly, Art Tomorrow. His other works include 'Amidst Shadow and Light: Contemporary Iranian Art and Artists'.

Reviews for Contemporary Iranian Art: New Perspectives

'This masterful work is the product of deep research, which eloquently demonstrates the extraordinary richness of the art of modern and contemporary Iran. Keshmirshekan methodically builds a fascinating narrative, charting the development of the art schools, highlighting the key artists, the movements and debates and bringing us to the highly engaged art of today.' Venetia Porter, Curator, Islamic and contemporary Middle East, The British Museum 'Hamid Keshmirshekan has produced a fascinating, informative and stimulating book, allowing us, for the first time, to trace the history of Iranian art during the last 150 years and to appreciate what is happening to art in Iran today.' James Allan, Professor of Eastern Art, University of Oxford 'Contemporary Iranian Art: New Perspectives is revelatory, scarcely matched and surpassed by none. A master connoisseur with an encyclopaedic knowledge of his subject, Dr Keshmirshekan has emerged as the towering historian of contemporary Iranian art.' Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University


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