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Saqqakhaneh school is a movement of neo-traditional modern art that is found in Iran, rooted in a history of coffee-house paintings and Shiʿite Islam visual elements. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The word Saqqakhaneh originally referred to a type of water-fountain shrine found locally, and came to represent a movement characterised heavily by symbolism.
The arts of Iran are one of the richest art heritages in world history and encompasses many traditional disciplines including architecture, painting, literature, music, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and stonemasonry. There is also a very vibrant Iranian modern and contemporary art scene, as well as
In 1977, the Empress of Iran, Farah Pahlavi, purchased expensive Western artwork, in order to open this contemporary art museum. This museum was a controversial act, because the country's social and economic inequalities were rising and the government at the time was acting as a dictatorship and not tolerating the rising opponents, a few years later the Iranian Revolution took place.
Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, who is at the Berlin Film Festival as a member of Kristen Stewart’s jury, has talked passionately about the importance of art in her native country as an ...
Iran Darroudi (born 1936), surrealist paintings; Ali Divandari (born 1957) Ala Ebtekar (born 1978) founder and director of Art, Social Space and Public Discourse, a three-year Stanford University global initiative. [11] Darvish Fakhr (born 1969) Mahmoud Farshchian (born 1930), Persian; Golnaz Fathi (born 1972) Pariyoush Ganji (born 1945 ...
He met Marcos Grigorian, through whom he was introduced to modern European and Western art. [2] Melkonian's early works exhibited a figurative and expressionist approach. In 1957, he won the Contemporary Iranian Artists Award from the Iran-America Society , and in 1958, he received the Royal Prize at the Tehran Biennial. [ 2 ]
Shirin Aliabadi (10 March 1973 – 1 October 2018; Persian: شیرین علیآبادی) was an Iranian contemporary multidisciplinary visual artist.Her artistic oeuvre primarily addressed themes related to women's issues, gender representation, and the beauty industry.
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