Tehran Studio Works: The Art of Khosrow Hassanzadeh - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0863566707 ISBN 13 : 9780863566707

Editeur : Saqi Books, 2007

Synopsis

From his rich, colourful and uncompromising oeuvre, it's easy to see why Khosrow Hassanzadeh is one of Iran's leading contemporary artists. A former fruit seller and volunteer soldier, he cuts an unusual figure in Tehran's high society art scene. Hassanzadeh works primarily with photography, collage, painting and mixed media, often layering contemporary images and photographs with figures drawn from Persian illuminated manuscripts and Farsi calligraphy. His stark paintings of figures wrapped in burial shrouds are reminiscent of Philip Guston's cartoon-like style but with a sinister immediacy; these images of shrouded corpses are seen all too often in today's tormented Middle East. Treating subjects as diverse as the Iran-Iraq war, murdered prostitutes, women in chadors and Iranian wrestlers, Hassanzadeh's multi-layered, humanist works place individuals at the centre of things and unflinchingly examine harsh political realities. The fact that his work is mainly exhibited outside Iran despite its focus on contemporary Iranian society makes for an intriguing, though slightly uneasy relationship with the Western art world. Each series is prefaced with an essay by leading scholars and critics contextualizing the work.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Editor Mirjam Shatanawi is curator of Middle East and North Africa at the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. Khosrow Hassanzadeh (1963–2023) was a pioneer of Iranian Pop art. Born in Tehran, he served in the Iran-Iraq war and then took up painting upon his return, where he studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Mojtama’s-e-Honar University, Tehran. His screenprints, ceramic tiles and box frame assemblages feature working class heroes, including wrestlers and the iconic musicians. He had solo shows in Amsterdam, Beirut, Dubai, London, Phnom Penh and Tehran, and his work is held by the British Museum, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, the Tropenmuseum (Amsterdam) and the World Bank (Washington DC)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Saqi Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0863566707
• ISBN 13: 9780863566707
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 142
• Éditeur: Shatanawi Mirjam
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible