Visual arts, a durable scream
At this historical moment, art, like all fields, has faced fundamental questions: What is the mission of the artist in relation to political and social struggles? Or, basically, what is the relationship between art and struggle? When we specifically think about visual arts and consider the specific possibilities and limitations of this field of arts, questions like this take on a more acute form and challenge the positions of artists and art institutions and their audiences. In the storm of events, it is difficult to stop and linger over these questions and rethink about them, but one cannot avoid the burden of its necessity. In this note, Hossein Ganji has discussed some actions/reactions of visual artists towards political and social events.
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Visual arts, a durable scream 17 November 2022
At this historical moment, art, like all fields, has faced fundamental questions: What is the mission of the artist in relation to political and social struggles? Or, basically, what is the relationship between art and struggle? When we specifically think about visual arts and consider the specific possibilities and limitations of this field of arts, questions like this take on a mo...
The Artist and the Community Do Not Meet Each Other's Mutual Needs; In the Panel of Painters 12 January 2022
We had meetings with some of the most famous contemporary painters, roundtables, seminars or whatever you want to name. Mansoureh Hosseini, Nasser Oveisi, Jazeh Tabatabai and Abdolreza Daryabeigi participated in this discussion. Important and fundamental issues arose regarding the advancement of the cultural and artistic goals of the society. And suggestions were made by artists tha...