Edited with text by Anke Kempkes. Text by Maryam Athari, Claire Davis, Salman Matinfar, Reza Mirzaei.
Unveiling the little-shown collages of a queer Iranian artist often dubbed the "Persian Picasso"
Iranian artist Bahman Mohassess (1931–2010) conceived his lifelong experimentation with collage as "assemblage"—an extension of the fractured figuration and charged materiality that shaped his paintings and sculptures. This publication repositions his assemblages as a radical laboratory of artistic, intellectual and political engagement.
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Published by Hatje Cantz. Edited with text by Anke Kempkes. Text by Maryam Athari, Claire Davis, Salman Matinfar, Reza Mirzaei.
Unveiling the little-shown collages of a queer Iranian artist often dubbed the "Persian Picasso"
Iranian artist Bahman Mohassess (1931–2010) conceived his lifelong experimentation with collage as "assemblage"—an extension of the fractured figuration and charged materiality that shaped his paintings and sculptures. This publication repositions his assemblages as a radical laboratory of artistic, intellectual and political engagement.
