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 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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