Summary of a career related article.

Hello everyone, today I have to write the summary of an article that is related to my career, so it has to be related with arts.

Incisive exhibition reveals range of Iranian modern art.
A review by Shadi Harouni.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2013/oct/17/iran-modern-art-new-york-asia-society

Detail from Parviz Tanavoli's Innovation in Art from the Iran Modern exhibition.

 

This article makes a critical approach to an exhibition called Iran Modern in the Asia Society of New York, witch consists in works of art of iraní artists from the 1950s until the Revolution in 1979. The autor thinks this is a good curatorial work, because it doesn't show the work of these artists in an exotic way, just to approach the american market. Even if he finds the need to make comparisons with the art that was being made in those years in Europe or USA, later he finds out that it's complex than that. In the exhibit of 26 artists, you don't find the curatorial need to classificate them into a unique style. The autor analizes different artists in the exhibit to find out there is no homogenic “other”, and shows that irani art is not only islam and veils. Making very little clear political statements, the show manages to deal with the oppresion in those years, but working with the individualities of the artists, that range from influences of pop art to conceptualist installations. The autor concludes that contemporary irani art must be looked at with high standarts, not just as something exotic and hermetic, making critical works like the one made in this art show.