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- ISBN 9789493531239
- Dimensions: 127 x 280mm
- Publication Date: 22 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Hannibal Books
- Publication City/Country: BE
- Product Form: Paperback
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The art of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian unites light, geometry, and abstraction, bridging Western modernism with the rich visual traditions of Islamic art.
Light and movement, abstraction and geometry, permeate the art of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922–2019) – from delicate drawings with botanical motifs to seductive mirror mosaics and large-scale sculptures. In her art, the boundaries between Western modernism and aesthetic principles within Islamic visual art dissolve.
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian lived and worked in a pendulum movement between Iran and the USA – two places that came to shape her creative work. In close connection with the avant-garde of the 1950s and 1960s in New York, she was deeply influenced by both the intensity of abstract expressionism and the minimalism world of ideas. In Iran, she immersed herself in the rich cultural heritage of craft traditions and ornamental architecture. The catalgoue presents a survey of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian’s transboundary art and her significant role within 20th-century global modernism and its continuing reverberations in our time.
Light and movement, abstraction and geometry, permeate the art of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922–2019) – from delicate drawings with botanical motifs to seductive mirror mosaics and large-scale sculptures. In her art, the boundaries between Western modernism and aesthetic principles within Islamic visual art dissolve.
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian lived and worked in a pendulum movement between Iran and the USA – two places that came to shape her creative work. In close connection with the avant-garde of the 1950s and 1960s in New York, she was deeply influenced by both the intensity of abstract expressionism and the minimalism world of ideas. In Iran, she immersed herself in the rich cultural heritage of craft traditions and ornamental architecture. The catalgoue presents a survey of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian’s transboundary art and her significant role within 20th-century global modernism and its continuing reverberations in our time.
Asrin Haidari is a curator and organiser based in Stockholm. She is co-director of the art space Mint – located in the Workers’ Educational Association in Stockholm – with Emily Fahlén. Haidari has recently been working as curator at Moderna Museet in Stockholm and the artistic director and co-curator for the Luleå Biennial 2020: Time on Earth and 2018: Tidal Ground. Between 2013–2017 Haidari was part of the team at Tensta konsthall.
