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In the fields of empty days : the intersection of past and present in Iranian art
- Title
- In the fields of empty days : the intersection of past and present in Iranian art / Linda Komaroff ; with additional contributions by Sheila R. Canby, Sheida Dayani, Hamid Keshmirshekan, Hani Khafipour, Vali Mahlouji, Shabnam Rahimi-Golkhandan, Shadi Shafiei, and Sandra Williams.
- Author
- Komaroff, Linda, 1953-
- Publication
- Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Munich ; New York : DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2018.
- ©2018
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- Description
- 207 pages in 2 separate sections : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 cm
- Summary
- Filled with vibrant examples of painting, photography, sculpture, video, and other media, this book reveals how Iran's leading artists weave the country's past into the fabric of its contemporary art. The catalogue includes essays written by Linda Komaroff, curator of Islamic art and department head of Art of the Middle East at LACMA, and contributions from Sheila R. Canby, Sheida Dayani, Hamid Keshmirshekan, Hani Khafipour, Vali Mahlouji, Shabnam Rahimi-Golkhandan, Shadi Shafiei, and Sandra Williams. The book also explores how pre-Modern artists first began to manipulate time by visually shifting the past into the present as demonstrated by Persian miniature painting, in particular illustrated versions of the Shahnama, or Book of Kings, the Iranian national epic. Statements from prominent contemporary artists consider the creative means by which they evoke the past to address present-day social and political concerns. Designed to promote fluid movement between the historical and the modern, this wide-ranging book offers a unique and important exploration of a country with a rich and complicated heritage.
- Alternative Title
- Fields empty days
- Subjects
- Art and history
- Art, Iranian
- Exhibition catalogs
- History
- 1900-2099
- Iran
- ART / History / Contemporary (1945-)
- ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Group Shows
- ART / Middle Eastern
- Art, Iranian > 21st century > Exhibitions
- Art, Iranian > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Art and history > Iran > History > 21st century > Exhibitions
- Art and history > Iran > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- History.
- Note
- "Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'In The Fields of Empty Days: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art' at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, May 6-September 9, 2018"--Colophon.
- Includes the poem "The Ending of the Shahnama" by Mehdi Akhavan-e Sales, translated by Sorour Soroudi, in both English translation and original Arabic script.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-83).
- Language (note)
- Contains an Arabic script original version of the corresponding translated poem in English.
- Contents
- Time and again : the intersection of past and present Iranian art / Linda Komaroff -- The theatrical roots of contemporary visual arts in Iran / Sheida Dayani -- Ideology and photography in nineteenth-century Iran / Shabnam Rahimi-Golkhandan -- The anachronistic role of Safavid manuscript illustrations / Sheila R. Canby -- Heroism in contemporary Iranian art / Sandra Williams -- The fantastical polaroids of Kaveh Golestan / Vali Mahlouji -- Reflecting the past into the present versus constructive specificity in modern and contemporary art in Iran / Hamid Keshmirshekan -- Tattoo culture of the Zurkhana / Shadi Shafiei -- Siamak Filizadeh's Underground / Linda Komaroff -- Echoes of Safavis past / Hani Khafipour.
- ISBN
- 9783791357386
- 3791357387
- LCCN
- 2017048257
- OCLC
- on1006521476
- SCSB-9133889
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library