Τρίτη, Δεκεμβρίου 22, 2015

ΕΝΑ ΕΚΠΛΗΚΤΙΚΟ ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟ: ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟ ΜΟΝΤΕΡΝΑΣ ΤΕΧΝΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΤΕΧΕΡΑΝΗ!

 

Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art - Wikipedia

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We all know the Iran from the news: It's an ugly, belligerent Muslim state that locks up reporters, denounces the US and Israel, and yet educates and promotes women and is proud of its cultural, religious, and ethnic diversity. It's also a society closed to the outside world in which hospitality is an art form and visitors are graciously welcomed.
Iran is possibly the most bizarre and contradictory place on earth.
So to find an estimated $2 billion dollars worth of modern and postwar European and American art lining the racks at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, several feet below ground, seems strangely normal in this abnormal place. It was bought with public money during the 1970s under the patronage of the Shah, whose oppressive and ultimately illegitimate rule ended abruptly with the Islamic revolution in 1979.[...]
Artnetnews.com
I've seen bits and pieces of the collection before, four years ago while reporting on the Tehran contemporary art scene for the New York Times. To say it's impressive is an understatement. The depth and diversity of the holdings are nothing short of monumental—around 1400 words of classic European and American art.
The inmates here include Jackson Pollock, Francis Bacon, Mark Rothko, Alexander Calder, Claes Oldenburg, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Alberto Giacometti, Donald Judd, Camille Pissarro, Morris Louis, Rene Magritte, Andre Derain, Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, Willem de Kooning, and on and on.[......]

ΔΙΑΒΑΣΤΕ ΑΝΑΛΥΤΙΚΑ=>Farideh Lashai Rocks Tehran Museum of Art - artnet News

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