Burnt Generation: Contemporary Iranian Photography
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
Columbia College Chicago 600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, April 21st, at 5PM
On view through Sunday, July 10th
This group exhibition seeks to convey the variety of ways in which decades of political unrest and social upheaval have impacted the Iranian people through a mix of documentary photography, portraiture and fine art photography. Moving through urban and rural locales, the exhibition will offer a rare opportunity to set aside the stereotypical, mediated imagery of Iran and enter directly into the worlds of artists who have lived and worked in the country. Many of the images featured in the exhibition have not previously been displayed in the United States. This exhibition is produced by Candlestar, a cultural consultancy based in London and is curated by Fariba Farshad, Director of Candlestar.
This exhibition includes work by: Azadeh Akhlaghi, Gohar Dashti, Shadi Ghadirian, Babak Kazemi, Abbas Kowsari, Ali Nadjian and Ramyar, Manouchehrzadeh, Newsha Tavakolian, and Sadegh Tirafkan
The 2015-2016 season is sponsored by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Abramson Arts Foundation, and Nixon Peabody LLCP.
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Tags: Abbas Kowsari, Ali Nadjian and Ramyar, Azadeh Akhlaghi, Babak Kazemi, Fariba Farshad, Gohar Dashti, Manouchehrzadeh, MoCP, Newsha Tavakolian, Sadegh Tirafkan, Shadi Ghadirian, South Loop
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