{"product_id":"rebel-jester-mystic-poet-fereshteh-daftari-9781911164319","title":"Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians","description":"\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eRebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  tells the story of the evolution of Iranian contemporary art by examining the work of 30 artists.\u003cbr\u003eThis is art where the ills of internal politics remain astutely masked below a layer of ornamentation, poetry, or humor. What unites the disparate works into a coherent theme is the artists' coping mechanisms, which consist of subversive critique, quiet rebellion, humor, mysticism, and poetry--hence the publications title. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe subtitle \u003ci\u003eContemporary Persians\u003c\/i\u003e is also a reference to a strategy of survival, this one used by Iranians in the United States during the early 2000s; at a time when 'Iranians' were identified with hostage takers and terrorists, they adopted the identity 'Persians', which remained free of such associations.\u003cbr\u003eThis title collects the work of a number of artists who are already well-known in the United States, including among others \u003cb\u003eAfruz Amighi\u003c\/b\u003e, whose work is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and \u003cb\u003eMonir Farmanfarmaian\u003c\/b\u003e, who received a major exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in 2015.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fereshteh Daftari\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911164317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911164319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Dog Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 8.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Fereshteh Daftari","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988058276095,"sku":"9781911164319","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_980a7fc8-bdf6-4d79-a3ae-a22f41fcb18b.jpg?v=1683292382","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rebel-jester-mystic-poet-fereshteh-daftari-9781911164319","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}