Contemporary Iranian Art
new perspectives
$69.52
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
27 July 2025
Summary
A Century of Creativity: Unveiling Contemporary Iranian Art
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 were critically reassessed.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780863569791 |
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| ISBN-10: | 086356979X |
| Author: | Hamid Keshmirshekan |
| Publisher: | Saqi Books |
| Imprint: | Saqi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 27 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 270mm x 220mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
‘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, University of Oxford
About The Author
Hamid Keshmirshekan
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’.
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