Rethinking the Contemporary Art of Iran

This book offers a rich visual and analytical account of artistic practices in Iran and its diaspora during the last three decades.

The book Rethinking the Contemporary Art of Iran involves an extensive range of artists working in a variety of media, with more attention paid to the younger generation who have been under-represented in recent publications and those whose work signifies the contemporary. The book includes three comprehensive essays which frame “contemporary” Iranian art, contextualising the visual materials collected in the subsequent sections. The texts offer multiple perspectives on contemporaneity, plurality, and history together with extensive ideas about contemporary art practices in Iran and its diaspora. They are followed by sections on individual artists including more tham 450 colour images. Each section is accompanied by texts commenting on the artists’ oeuvre as a whole and the single works appearing on the pages. The volume ends with the artists’ biographies, a general bibliography, and an index.