In The Fields of Empty Days
Linda Komaroff Sheila R. Canby (Innledning) Sheida Dayani (Innledning) Hamid Keshmirshekan (Innledning) Hani Khafipour (Innledning) Vali Mahlouji (Innledning) Shabnam Rahimigolkhandan (Innledning) Shadi Shafiei Javadi (Innledning) Sandra Williams (Innledning)
"Designed to promote fluid movement between historical and modern, In the Fields of Empty Days is wide-ranging and profusely illustrated volume that offers a unique and important exploration of a country with a rich and complicated heritage, making it an ideal and very highly recommended addition to personal, community and academic libraries" -Midwest Book Review
"The layout of the catalogue is unique. It opens at the center; the two halves of the book expose the internal stitching that, when opened, reveals what could be assumed to be a portal or gateway into another world –like two books in one." -The Santa Fe New Mexican
The past is a continuous and inescapable part of Iranian art and culture. This book beautifully demonstrates this notion with examples dating from the 1970s to the present—a time of turmoil and political upheaval. Les mer
works—from paintings and photography to political cartoons and posters—this volume shows how contemporary artists appropriate and recontextualize myth and history to tell powerful new stories about life in Iran. This 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 historical and modern, this wideranging book offers a unique and important exploration of a country with a rich and complicated heritage.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Prestel
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9783791357386
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018
- Format
- 22 x 30 cm
- Priser
- Winner of New York Book Show Awards 2019.
Anmeldelser
"Designed to promote fluid movement between historical and modern, In the Fields of Empty Days is wide-ranging and profusely illustrated volume that offers a unique and important exploration of a country with a rich and complicated heritage, making it an ideal and very highly recommended addition to personal, community and academic libraries" -Midwest Book Review
"The layout of the catalogue is unique. It opens at the center; the two halves of the book expose the internal stitching that, when opened, reveals what could be assumed to be a portal or gateway into another world –like two books in one." -The Santa Fe New Mexican