{"product_id":"modern-iran-and-the-avant-gardes-1948-78-9783777444765","title":"Modern Iran and the Avant-Gardes: 1948-78","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen tradition meets global modernism: masterworks from Iran.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Iran and the Avant-Gardes, 1948-78\u003c\/i\u003e explores how the complex cultural tensions of the nation's period between 1948 and 1978 led to artistic innovation. As Iran became modern, modernism became distinctly Iranian. Iranian artists created a unique form of modernism that addressed the tension between commitments to innovate and an engagement with traditional Iranian ideas and cultural forms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Heavily illustrated, this publication features thirty artists who worked during the pivotal modernism period and practiced in a range of media from painting and sculpture to printmaking, drawing, and architecture. Featuring an introductory essay by exhibition curator Pantea Haghighi that surveys the range of artistic and political influences on the emergence of Iranian modernisms and a selection of focused essays by scholars and curators Fereshteh Daftari, Davood Madadpoor, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Ali Bakhtiari, \u003ci\u003eModern Iran and the Avant-Gardes, 1948-78\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely addition to the scholarship on both alternate modernisms and the history of Iranian art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featured artists include: Hossein Amanat, Massoud Arabshahi, Siah Armajani, Iran Darroudi, Kamran Diba, Seyed Mohammad Ehsaey, Parvaneh Etemadi, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Abdol-Aziz Farmanfarmaian, Mansour Ghandriz, Marcos Grigorian, Nahid Hagigat, Farideh Lashai, Reza Mafi, Leyly Matine-Daftary, Sirak Melkonian, Ardeshir Mohasses, Bahman Mohasses, Nicky Nodjoumi, Ruyin Pakbaz, Faramarz Pilaram, Behjat Sadr, Abolghassem Saidi, Sohrab Sepehri, Masoumeh Seyhoun, Houshang Seyhoun, Jazeh Tabatabai, Parviz Tanavoli, Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam, Hossein Zenderoudi, and Jalil Ziapour. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantea Haghighi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hirmer Verlag GmbH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.2lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.21h x 9.31w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783777444765","brand":"Hirmer Verlag GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45521010032777,"sku":"9783777444765","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_fa3dcd6b-63d3-4bdd-96e4-5ef1f41643d4.jpg?v=1776224999","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/modern-iran-and-the-avant-gardes-1948-78-9783777444765","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}