Between Word & Image: Modern Iranian Visual Culture

Between Word & Image: Modern Iranian Visual Culture

Between Word and Image provided an opportunity to view modern Iranian art and to consider urgent social issues, such as the politicisation of Islam. Cultural histories of the post-1945 Middle East usually describe an uneasy tension between the traditional (often labeled as native, primitive, Islamic) and the modern (seen as imported, mimetic, secular). Examining visual […]

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FARHAD MOSHIRI: GO WEST

FARHAD MOSHIRI: GO WEST

The Soudavar Memorial Foundation made a contribution to the first solo exhibition of the works of Iranian-American artist Farhad Moshiri at the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, in 2107. Encompassing several bodies of work created over decades, Farhad Moshiri: Go West explores the artist’s varied subject matter, deft use of language, and wide-ranging materials and methods. […]

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