PIONEERS OF NEW PAINTING IN IRAN
A live conference by Dr. Alice Bombardier
This event is part of a series of lectures on Iranian modern and contemporary art, which is being held during the 2020-2021 academic year.
In Pioneers of New Painting in Iran, Dr. Bombardier will introduce little-known Iranian artists who developed the practice of new painting in mid-20th century Iran. Faced with a centuries-old pictorial heritage, they took advantage of the tumultuous 1940s to give birth to an innovative pictorial style, locally called “New Painting”. Thanks to the "transgressions" of these young artists who invented new artistic and social practices (such as the use of pure acrylic colors, outdoor painting, the principle of public exhibition and collective artistic associations), the profession of artist in contemporary Iran has evolved. . Yet many forms of resistance also emerged, including legal action, censorship, vandalism, and bans on publishing their periodicals. Paradoxically, their legacy still remains obscure today. Dr. Bombardier will carry out an anamnesis (memory of the past) of this forgotten history, based on her book entitled The Pioneers of New Painting in Iran. Little-known works, innovative activities and scandals at the turn of the 1940s (Berne, Peter Lang, 2017).
This lecture series was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Gramian-Emrani Foundation.
The conference was moderated by Mohammadreza Mirzaei – Artists and Art Writers from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Learn more about the Iranian Studies Initiative at the University of California Santa Barbara by visiting: https://www.iranianstudiesinitiative.ucsb.edu/
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