| Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians Contributor(s): Daftari, Fereshteh (Author) |
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ISBN: 1911164317 ISBN-13: 9781911164319 Publisher: Black Dog Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: March 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Art | Art & Politics |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 8.5" W x 11.2" L (2.20 lbs) 160 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet tells the story of the evolution of Iranian contemporary art by examining the work of 30 artists. This is art where the ills of internal politics remain astutely masked below a layer of ornamentation, poetry, or humor. What unites the disparate works into a coherent theme is the artists' coping mechanisms, which consist of subversive critique, quiet rebellion, humor, mysticism, and poetry--hence the publications title. The subtitle Contemporary Persians is also a reference to a strategy of survival, this one used by Iranians in the United States during the early 2000s; at a time when 'Iranians' were identified with hostage takers and terrorists, they adopted the identity 'Persians', which remained free of such associations. This title collects the work of a number of artists who are already well-known in the United States, including among others Afruz Amighi, whose work is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Monir Farmanfarmaian, who received a major exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in 2015. |
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