Different Sames catalogues this new movement, capturing its brilliance and creative energy.
Iranian artists - inside or outside the country - are creating remarkable works that reflect their country's social and political environment, while incorporating their own personal worldviews and those of their adopted homelands. These works form a new and exciting movement that can only gain in importance in the coming years.
Packed with wonderful images, this is an important and lively collection of thought-provoking essays, historical context and profiles of the leading artists, whether well-established (such as Parviz Tanavoli and Monir Farmanfarmaian), internationally recognized (such as Shirin Neshat, Y. Z. Kami or Mitra Tabrizian), or emerging (such as Ali Banisadr or Tala Madani).
Exclusive interviews with the key artists, collectors and curators offer fascinating insights, and allow the book to explore the relationship between international movements in art and the art produced both in Iran and by artists of the Persian diaspora.
Art changes the way we look at the world, and Different Sames is an attempt to explain today's Iranian art movement in this spirit.