Contemporary Iranian Art: New Perspectives

A landmark survey of modern Iranian art, this richly illustrated volume by Hamid Keshmirshekan explores a century of cultural shifts and artistic innovation, spotlighting key figures like Shirin Neshat, Parviz Tanavoli and Sohrab Sepehri. A vital guide to Iran’s dynamic visual history. ''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

‘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

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.

• | Author: Hamid Keshmirshekan
• | Publisher: Saqi Books
• | Publication Date: Apr 29, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780863569791
• | ISBN-10: 086356979X