Iranian artists have been producing some of the world's mostthought-provoking and intellectually grounded artworks.
About the Author: Hamid Keshmirshekan is Senior Teaching Fellow at theDepartment of History of Art and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London, andSenior Research Fellow at the Khalili Research Centre (KRC), Oxford University.
352 Pages
Art, Middle Eastern
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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.
About the Author
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)
Dimensions (Overall): 10.47 Inches (H) x 8.58 Inches (W) x .94 Inches (D)
Weight: 3.5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 352
Genre: Art
Sub-Genre: Middle Eastern
Publisher: Saqi Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Hamid Keshmirshekan
Language: English
Street Date: July 29, 2025
TCIN: 92946709
UPC: 9780863569791
Item Number (DPCI): 247-44-5524
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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