Modern Iran and the Avant-Gardes: 1948–78 Indigenous Stan Douglas

Stan Douglas

This book will explore the rich cultural sources that Sherman plunders in creating provocative and ambiguous images that lead us to question the things we see

Images: Installation view of "SPOTLIGHT: Sandeep Johal

he melds cultural hybridity and his political experiences as an Indigenous person with contemporary graphic literature to produce a unique genre called Haida Manga

Associate Professor in the Department of Art History

Modern Iran and the Avant-Gardes: 1948–78 Indigenous Stan DouglasModern Iran and the Avant Gardes, 194878 explores how the complex cultural tensions of the nations 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. Heavily illustrated, this publication features thirty