History Haunting the Present

Re-Interpreting the Truth in Contemporary Art of Iran

Bibliographic Data

ID21974366
AuthorsHamid Keshmirshekan (0009-0007-1195-5688, University of London, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume12
Issue2
Pages45
Publication date2023-02-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArts (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2076-0752 • E-ISSN: 2076-0752
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/arts12020045
OpenAlexW4322500128
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

This article examines the notions of history and memory with references to the works of contemporary artists from Iran. It interrogates the theme of challenging the present through the re-interpretation of history and investigates how artists respond to social, cultural and political conditions by creating a multi-faceted aesthetics of resistance. While looking at the broader subject of history and memory in contemporary Iran, the article scrutinises the works of artists who have been involved in themes such as the embodiment of cultural memory, concern for truth, historical record and intellectual reference to history to reflect the present. I adopt a hauntological interpretation when reading works of artists as it corresponds to their recurring references to the past to invoke an unsettling view of an imagined future

Aesthetics · Art · Cultural memory · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Cinema and Media Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · Turkey's Politics and Society

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