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Informationen zum Autor Koorosh Shishegaran (b. 1944) received a BA in Interior Design from the Tehran Faculty of Decorative Arts in 1973. He has since 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 Musée 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 : 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 (2013). Hamid Dabashi : 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: 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 : 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 : 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. Klappentext First monograph on one of the leading lights of the contemporary Iranian art movement. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 1Introduction 2Hamid Keshmirshekan1. The Crowd, the Truth, and the Artist 5Hamid Dabashi2. Art without Borders: The Apprenticeship of Koorosh Shishegaran 13David Galloway3. The Trajectory of Koorosh Shishegaran's Artistic Phases: From Utopianism to Aestheticism 23Hamid Keshmirshekan4. The Infinite Line: A Critical Analysis of Koorosh Shishegaran's Modern and Conceptual Quests 43Alireza Sami Azar5. From Altruism to Nihilism: The Art of Koorosh Shishegaran 53Abbas DaneshvariArtworksReproduction Art 67Appropriation of Works of Great Artists 83Postal Art 99Art+Art; False Art 105Political Posters 111War Drawings 125Scribble Lines (Khat-khatis)Sketches 143Paintings 181Chronology 273List of Illustrations 289Contributors 297General bibliography 299Index 303...
