| | | | | |
| | | | Shiva AhmadiBy Michelle Yun, Talinn Grigor.
Shiva Ahmadi's art relates a gripping universal story of beauty and humanity that persists even in the face of the brutalities of war Growing up in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the artist Shiva Ahmadi recalls, she knew more about Jackson Pollock than Behzad, the master miniature painter of the Safavid court. Indeed, Ahmadi’s distinct painterly style seems to combine the detailed precision of Behzad’s hand with the fluid action painting of Pollock. What emerges is part miniature, part abstract expressionism—a decidedly 21st century art form that is both bold and contemporary. The confounding world where peace and war coexist, where beauty and destruction twirl together. This, Ahmadi reminds us, is the world seen through the eyes of a small child coming of age in war time Iran who then emigrates to the US to find it also entering a decade of warfare. Her artistic approach—drawing on allegory and imagery and insisting on gentle beautiful aesthetic perspectives keeps the work from becoming dogmatic or didactic.
Michelle Yun, senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Asia Society in New York. |
|  | STATUS: Out of stock Temporarily out of stock pending additional inventory. | |
| | | ART BOOKS & MUSEUM EXHIBITION CATALOGS: FORTHCOMING AND RECENT RELEASES |  | HAUSER & WIRTH PUBLISHERSISBN: 9783906915722
USD $55.00 | CAN $76Pub Date: 1/17/2023
Active | In stock
|
|  | DELMONICO BOOKS/LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ARTISBN: 9781636810164
USD $49.95 | CAN $69.95 UK £ 43.99Pub Date: 1/17/2023
Active | In stock
|
|  | HATJE CANTZISBN: 9783775753807
USD $55.00 | CAN $76Pub Date: 1/17/2023
Active | In stock
|
|  | HAUSER & WIRTH PUBLISHERSISBN: 9783906915739
USD $45.00 | CAN $62Pub Date: 12/13/2022
Active | In stock
|
|  | SKIRA EDITOREISBN: 9788857248042
USD $45.00 | CAN $62Pub Date: 12/20/2022
Active | In stock
|
|  | DELMONICO BOOKS/LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ARTISBN: 9781636810805
USD $75.00 | CAN $105 UK £ 66Pub Date: 1/31/2023
Active | In stock
|
|  | STEIDL/DIOGENESISBN: 9783958299184
USD $75.00 | CAN $105Pub Date: 6/27/2023
Forthcoming
|
|  | OSMOSISBN: 9780991660889
USD $25.00 | CAN $34 UK £ 21.995Pub Date: 8/2/2022
Active | In stock
|
|  | LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTISBN: 9788793659575
USD $45.00 | CAN $62 UK £ 40Pub Date: 3/28/2023
Forthcoming
|
|  | CENTRE POMPIDOUISBN: 9782844269256
USD $65.00 | CAN $90 UK £ 57Pub Date: 9/13/2022
Active | In stock
|
|  | JTT, NEW YORK/REGEN PROJECTS, LOS ANGELESISBN: 9781735555713
USD $60.00 | CAN $84 UK £ 53Pub Date: 10/4/2022
Active | In stock
|
|  | JRP|EDITIONSISBN: 9783037645949
USD $55.00 | CAN $76Pub Date: 1/31/2023
Active | In stock
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
FORMAT: Hbk, 9.5 x 11.9 in. / 128 pgs / 80 color.
LIST PRICE: U.S. $45.00
LIST PRICE: CANADA $57.5
ISBN: 9788857234267
PUBLISHER: Skira
AVAILABLE: 11/7/2017
DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P.
RETAILER DISC: TRADE
PUBLISHING STATUS: Active
AVAILABILITY: Out of stock
TERRITORY: NA LA | D.A.P. CATALOG: lisher Backlist 0000 | PRESS INQUIRIES
Tel: (212) 627-1999 ext 217
Fax: (212) 627-9484
Email Press Inquiries: publicity@dapinc.com | TRADE RESALE ORDERS
D.A.P. | DISTRIBUTED ART PUBLISHERS
Tel: (212) 627-1999
Fax: (212) 627-9484
Customer Service: (800) 338-2665
Email Trade Sales: orders@dapinc.com |
| Shiva Ahmadi Published by Skira.
By Michelle Yun, Talinn Grigor. Shiva Ahmadi's art relates a gripping universal story of beauty and humanity that persists even in the face of the brutalities of war Growing up in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the artist Shiva Ahmadi recalls, she knew more about Jackson Pollock than Behzad, the master miniature painter of the Safavid court. Indeed, Ahmadi’s distinct painterly style seems to combine the detailed precision of Behzad’s hand with the fluid action painting of Pollock. What emerges is part miniature, part abstract expressionism—a decidedly 21st century art form that is both bold and contemporary. The confounding world where peace and war coexist, where beauty and destruction twirl together. This, Ahmadi reminds us, is the world seen through the eyes of a small child coming of age in war time Iran who then emigrates to the US to find it also entering a decade of warfare. Her artistic approach—drawing on allegory and imagery and insisting on gentle beautiful aesthetic perspectives keeps the work from becoming dogmatic or didactic.
Michelle Yun, senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Asia Society in New York. | VIEW MORE ONLINE AT: https://www.artbook.com/9788857234267.html |
| | |
|
