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Kunst und visuelle Kultur in Iran von den 1960ern bis in die Gegenwart. In Paris und Rom, 2014-2015. Fotodokumentation.
Dez 2014Vom 11. Dezember 2014 bis zum 29. März 2015 ist das MAXXI Rom die zweite Station der Ausstellung Unedited History, Iran 1960-2014.
Davor, vom 16. Mai bis zum 24. August 2014, präsentierte das Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris die umfangreiche Schau im ARC, dem Ausstellungs- und Forschungsbereich des Museums. Mit über 200 Werken von zwanzig Künstlern der Jahre 1960 bis 1970 und Vertretern der neuen Generation ist die Ausstellung auf Malerei, Fotografie und Film sowie Schlüsselaspekte der modernen visuellen Kultur des Iran fokussiert: Plakate und dokumentarisches Material, das vom Shiraz-Persepolis Kunstfestival bis zur Zeit der Revolution und des Iran-Irak-Kriegs reicht.
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mit Erläuterungen der Kapitel und Werke
Unedited History ist in drei chronologische Kapitel gegliedert:
- Die Jahre der "Modernisierung" 1960-1978
- Revolution und der Iran-Irak-Krieg 1979-1988
- Zeitgenössisches 1989 - 2014
Einführungstext in der Ausstellung:
The history of modernism in the visual arts in Iran during the latter half of the 20th century is increasingly being questioned. With this in mind, the exhibition Unedited History is an attempt to recreate the broad 'sequences' of the social and political context out of which visual culture in Iran has grown since 1960. To that end, we need to approach the subject without reference to investment or the effects of fashion, both of which are part of 'contemporary Iranian art' and can lead artists, institutions and the art market to invent and exploit their own exoticism.
The title Unedited History is a reference to film editing - the 'rushes' stage, when the film has been shot but the footage has not yet been edited and, by implication, has never been seen by the public at large. The cinema metaphor raises questions about the way the history of contemporary Iran is recorded through the structuring elements of visual culture. The latter invites study of the transversal dynamics between the plastic arts, graphic art, cinema, and the performing arts, as well as cartoons, agit-prop demonstrations and religious activities.
The exhibition does not seek to cover all the expressions of modernism. The aim is more a matter of highlighting the strong connections that exist between visual culture and the various legacies that visual culture has generated or renewed, and to do this through corpora that are both coherent and heterogeneous. Each of the artists in their own particular way formulates a reaction to the historical moment to which they belong. These are artists, filmmakers and cultural producers who are attentive to the history of images and to documentary traditions but who are also subject to the power relationships and ideological conflicts of contemporary Iran.
Although Unedited History is part of an international research movement concerning modernism in Iran it is also an attempt to deconstruct a too rigid view of the situation - a preconceived idea, for example, that the 1979 Revolution might have brought the thrust of modernism to an irrevocable halt. The exhibition concentrates as much on what was a break as on what continued - occasionally more discreetly - across the succeeding periods, with the same figures dominating the scene. If only to get a glimpse of the arcane labyrinths of a society where the individual was often sacrificed for the sake of the community, it is necessary to look not just at the history but also the geography of events.
The function of photography, film and documentary work is to structure local understanding of modernism in Iran and they give us conflicting interpretations of the images - particularly since the 1960s. These corpora, which are often incomplete or difficult to gain access to, are brought together in this exhibition in sets of categories. Photo or film archives, and also cartoons, posters and reviews, are a means of recording social and political history.
Artists on show:
Morteza Avini, 1947-1993
Mazdak Ayari, * 1976
Kazem Chalipa, * 1957
Mitra Farahani, * 1975
Chohreh Feyzdjou, 1955-1996
Jassem Ghazbanpour, * 1963
Kaveh Golestan, 1950-2003
Barbad Golshiri, * 1982
Arash Hanaei, * 1978
Behzad Jaez, * 1975
Bahman Jalali, 1944-2010
Rana Javadi, * 1953
Khosrow Khorshidi, * 1932
Bahman Kiarostami, * 1978
Parviz Kimiavi, * 1939
Ardeshir Mohassess, 1938-2008
Bahman Mohassess, 1931 -2010
Morteza Momayez, 1935-2005
Tahmineh Monzavi, * 1988
Mohsen Rastani, * 1958
Farhad Rhamati, * 1964
Narmine Sadeg, * 1955
Behdjat Sadr, 1924-2009
Kamran Shirdel, * 1939
Kourosh Shishegaran, * 1944
Behzad Shishegaran, * 1952
Esmail Shishegaran, * 1946
Archaeology of the Final Decade presents:
Festival of Arts Shiraz-Persepolis, and Kaveh Golestan - Shahr-e No.
Publication:
Published by Paris Musées, Unedited History, Iran 1960-2014 oscillates between past and present, combining details of the works with critical essays and historical documentary material and bringing a fresh perspective to local-global interaction in the Iranian art context. Among the authors: Vali Mahlouji, Bavand Behpour, Hamed Yousefi, Anoush Ganjipour, Catherine David and Morad Montazami. There will also be a selection of texts going in greater detail into the issues raised by the exhibition. Price: 39.90 €
Talks, Screenings:
A programme of encounters, talks and screenings will accompany the exhibition, including:
Nouvel Odéon: le Festival CINEMA(S) D'IRAN, 6 - 17 June 2014
Conference Téhéran, projections d’une ville à la Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, 6 May - 24 August 2014
Extra Muros:
Barbad Golshiri's work, Concession éphémère, 1955‑1996-2014, and Sarcophage by Chohreh Feyzdjou are presented at the Cimetière Parisien de Pantin (115, N 10)
Travelling schedule:
Unedited History, IRAN 1960-2014, will be presented at MAXXI - the National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome, Italy, from 12 December 2014 to 29 March 2015.
Weitere Informationen:
www.mam.paris.fr
Press officer: Maud Ohana
Tel. 01 53 67 40 51
maud.ohana(at)paris.fr
Direktor: Fabrice Hergott
Kurator/innen:
Catherine David
Morad Montazami
Odile Burluraux
Narmine Sadeg
Vali Mahlouji - Archäologie der letzten Dekade
2. Ausstellungsort:
MAXXI Rom
Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo
11. Dezember 2014 - 29. März 2015
Unedited History
Iran 1960-2014
16. Mai - 24. August 2014