Recalling the Future: Iranian art since the '79 revolution

Posted on Jan 16, 2014 in ARTISTS, Contemporary and modern art from the Iranian world, LISTINGS

The work of 29 Iranian artists produced before or after the 1979 revolution that toppled the Shah and installed the Islamic Republic is on view 16 January-22 March 2014 at the University of London Brunei Gallery. Many of the works on display are being shown in the UK for the first time. Recalling The Future challenges assumptions about ‘Iranian’art. As Iranian artists in the 1960s and 1970s increasingly combined signifiers...