Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians - Hardcover

Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians - Hardcover

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Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians - Hardcover
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Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians - Hardcover

Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians - Hardcover

$39.14
$39.14

by Fereshteh Daftari (Author)

Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet tells the story of the evolution of Iranian contemporary art by examining the work of 30 artists.
This is art where the ills of internal politics remain astutely masked below a layer of ornamentation, poetry, or humor. What unites the disparate works into a coherent theme is the artists' coping mechanisms, which consist of subversive critique, quiet rebellion, humor, mysticism, and poetry--hence the publications title.

The subtitle Contemporary Persians is also a reference to a strategy of survival, this one used by Iranians in the United States during the early 2000s; at a time when 'Iranians' were identified with hostage takers and terrorists, they adopted the identity 'Persians', which remained free of such associations.
This title collects the work of a number of artists who are already well-known in the United States, including among others Afruz Amighi, whose work is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Monir Farmanfarmaian, who received a major exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in 2015.
Number of Pages: 160
Dimensions: 0.8 x 11.2 x 8.5 IN
Publication Date: March 28, 2017

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