Modern Iran and the Avant-Gardes: 1948–78 Indigenous 70 black and white illustrations

70 black and white illustrations

Stan Douglas

Apparently the number of identical lines causes the brain to lose proper focus on what it is seeing

Images: Installation view of "SPOTLIGHT: Sandeep Johal

This book will explore the rich cultural sources that Sherman plunders in creating provocative and ambiguous images that lead us to question the things we see

Modern Iran and the Avant-Gardes: 1948–78 Indigenous 70 black and white illustrationsModern Iran and the Avant Gardes, 194878 explores how the complex cultural tensions of the nations period between 1948 and 1978 led to artistic innovation. As Iran became modern, modernism became distinctly Iranian. Iranian artists created a unique form of modernism that addressed the tension between commitments to innovate and an engagement with traditional Iranian ideas and cultural forms. Heavily illustrated, this publication features thirty