Amid worsening human rights in the country, Iranian artists continue to create and exhibit work, despite the challenges. Gareth Harris reports.
Artists based in Tehran say that they have continued to work despite the turmoil unleashed in the country following the death of Mahsa Amini last September. Alborz Kazemi, a photographer who studied painting at Tehran’s School of Fine Arts, says that the art scene in the Iranian capital has been “negatively impacted” by the recent upheaval but “many artists still continued to work”.
Amini died in an Iranian hospital after being detained by the regime’s morality police for allegedly not complying with the country’s hijab regulations. Her death sparked ongoing mass protests in Tehran and cities across Iran as well as protests across the globe. The ensuing government crackdown led to the deaths of more than 500 protestors according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.
Kazemi is currently showing the work What Happened? (2021) at the pop-up exhibition Realism organised by Dastan Gallery which is being held in Frieze’s No. 9 Cork Street space...Keep reading on The Art Newspaper.
Artists based in Tehran say that they have continued to work despite the turmoil unleashed in the country following the death of Mahsa Amini last September. Alborz Kazemi, a photographer who studied painting at Tehran’s School of Fine Arts, says that the art scene in the Iranian capital has been “negatively impacted” by the recent upheaval but “many artists still continued to work”.
Amini died in an Iranian hospital after being detained by the regime’s morality police for allegedly not complying with the country’s hijab regulations. Her death sparked ongoing mass protests in Tehran and cities across Iran as well as protests across the globe. The ensuing government crackdown led to the deaths of more than 500 protestors according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.
Kazemi is currently showing the work What Happened? (2021) at the pop-up exhibition Realism organised by Dastan Gallery which is being held in Frieze’s No. 9 Cork Street space...Keep reading on The Art Newspaper.