'This is the first comprehensive book on Iranian art and visual culture since the 1979 revolution. Divided into three parts—street, studio and exile—it covers official art sponsored by the Islamic Republic, the culture of avant-garde art created in the studio and its display in galleries and museums, and the art of the Iranian diaspora within the Western art scene.
Grigor argues that these different areas of artistic production cannot be fully understood independently, for it is not despite censorship and exile that we are witnessing a boom in Iranian art today, as many have argued, but because of them. Moving between subversive and daring art produced in private to propaganda art made in the public view, this book offers an artistic mirror of the socio-political turmoil that has marked Iran's recent history.' - excerpt from the front cover flap
Includes select bibliography and a short biography of the author.
Grigor argues that these different areas of artistic production cannot be fully understood independently, for it is not despite censorship and exile that we are witnessing a boom in Iranian art today, as many have argued, but because of them. Moving between subversive and daring art produced in private to propaganda art made in the public view, this book offers an artistic mirror of the socio-political turmoil that has marked Iran's recent history.' - excerpt from the front cover flap
Includes select bibliography and a short biography of the author.
Access level
Onsite
author
publisher
Location code
REF.GRT
Language
English
Keyword
art history,  visual culture,  propaganda art,  censorship,  diaspora,  Iran
Publication/Creation date
2014
No of pages
293
ISBN / ISSN
9781780232706
No of copies
1
Content type
monograph
Chapter headings
Prologue
The Street
The Studio
The Exile
Epilogue
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