{"product_id":"the-cultural-politics-of-art-in-iran-modernism-exhibitions-and-art-production-paperback-softback-9781009361378","title":"The Cultural Politics of Art in Iran; Modernism, Exhibitions, and Art Production (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009361378","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cultural Politics of Art in Iran\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eModernism, Exhibitions, and Art Production\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOffers a comprehensive study of Iranian modernist art since the 1950s, showing its role in shaping ideas around national identity and anti-colonialism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKatrin Nahidi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009361378, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e301 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.1 x 1.6 cm, 0.45 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eModernist Iranian art represents a highly diverse field of cultural production deeply involved in discussing questions of modernity and modernization as practiced in Iran. This book investigates how artistic production and art criticism reflected upon the discourse about gharbzadegi (westoxification), the most substantial critique of Iran's adaptation of Western modernity, and ultimately proved to be a laboratory for the negotiation of an anti-colonial concept of an Iranian artistic modernity, which artists and critics envisioned as a significant other to Western colonial modernity. In this book, Katrin Nahidi revisits Iranian modernist art, aiming to explore a political and contextualized interpretation of modernism. Based on extensive fieldwork, interviews, and archival research, Nahidi provides a history of modernist art production since the 1950s and reveals the complex political agency underlying art historiographical processes. Offering a key contribution to postcolonial art history, Nahidi shows how Iranian artistic modernity was used to flesh out anti-colonial concepts and ideas around Iranian national identity.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Exhibitions of modern Iranian art – the construction of a secular heritage\u003cbr\u003e 2. Cultural politics in Pahlavi Iran – Tmoca's architecture and the evolution of Gharbzadegi in arts and politics\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Saqqakhaneh revisited' – the art of historiographical construction of a local modernism\u003cbr\u003e 4. Jalil Ziapour and the Fighting Rooster Association (Korus-e Jangi)\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Constitution: government \u0026amp; the state [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Constitution: government \u0026amp; the state\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Constitution:%20government%20\u0026amp;%20the%20state%20%5BJPHC%5D%22\"\u003eJPHC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52413991977240,"sku":"9781009361378","price":26.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009361378i.jpg?v=1784334440","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cultural-politics-of-art-in-iran-modernism-exhibitions-and-art-production-paperback-softback-9781009361378","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}