Born in Qazvin, Iran, in 1944, Koorosh Shishegaran is considered one of the most expressive and emotive artists of the contemporary Iranian art movement. In a career spanning six decades, he has established himself as an artist of great discipline, social awareness and manual skill, working in a wide array of different media, from graphic design to painting, photography and furniture design. Drawing inspiration from Iranian visual culture, Shishegaran is best known for his scribble line abstract paintings. These dynamic colourful lines, depicting the contemporary human condition, enabled the artist to find a style and language expressive of the modern era. With contributions from leading experts in the field and featuring over 300 colour plates, Koorosh Shishegaran: The Art of Altruism brings together the life and works of the artist for the first time, showcasing his various artistic phases and outlining his progressive approach to art-making and distribution.
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First monograph on one of the leading lights of the contemporary Iranian art movement, showcasing his various artistic phases and outlining his progressive approach to art-making and distribution.
Acknowledgments 3; Introduction 5; 1. The Crowd, the Truth, and the Artist (Hamid Dabashi) 10; 2. Art without Borders: The Apprenticeship of Koorosh Shishegaran (David Galloway) 22; 3. The Trajectory of Koorosh Shishegaran's Artistic Phases: From Utopianism to Aestheticism (Hamid Keshmirshekan) 34; 4. The Infinite Line: A Critical Analysis of Koorosh Shishegaran's Modern and Conceptual Quests (Alireza Sami Azar) 48; 5. From Altruism to Nihilism: The Art of Koorosh Shishegaran (Abbas Daneshvari) 60; Artworks; Chronology 277; List of Illustrations 298; Contributors 302; General bibliography 305; Index 309
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ISBN
9780863561986
Publisert
2016-12-09
Utgiver
Vendor
Saqi Books
Høyde
300 mm
Bredde
240 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
312

Biographical note

Koorosh Shishegaran (b. 1944) has participated widely in solo and group exhibitions around the world, including Art Dubai (2015); Shirin Gallery, Tehran (2015); Unedited History. Iran 1960-2014, at MAXXI, Rome (2015) and Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2014); Opera Gallery, London (2012); Beijing Biennial (2003); Barbican Centre, London (2001); Meridian Center exhibitions in the United States (2001-03). Hamid Keshmirshekan is a research associate at LMEI, SOAS, University of London and Head of History of Art Department at the Advanced Research Institute, Iranian Academy of Arts. He is editor-in-chief of the bilingual quarterly, Art Tomorrow. His publications include Contemporary Iranian Art: New Perspectives. Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is a founding member of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, as well as a founding member of the Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia University.Abbas Daneshvari is Professor of Art History at California State University, Los Angeles. He is the author and editor of various books about Persian art, including Amazingly Original: Contemporary Iranian Art at a Crossroads (2014).David Galloway is a curator, academic, novelist and journalist. A graduate of Harvard University, he was the founding curator of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art and is emeritus professor at the Ruhr University Bochum. He has contributed to over 100 books on the subject of art and design. Alireza Sami Azar received his PhD in Architecture from UCE University, England. He was Head of the Art Research Department, Tehran University from 1997 to 2004, Head of the Iranian Centre of Visual Arts and the Director of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art from 1998 to 2005.