Undiscovered Minimalism
Gelims from Northern Iran
- Publisher
- Laurence King
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2012
- Category
- Rugs
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781898113768
- Publish Date
- Jan 2012
- List Price
- $188
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Description
Over the course of the past two decades a previously unrecognized genre of startlingly modern looking large flatwoven hangings and covers (gelims) has emerged from an isolated highland region in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran. No one had imagined that hidden in the forests south of the Caspian Sea there could have existed such sophisticated treasures, which in their deceptive simplicity of abstract patterning and subtle coloring are much in accord withthe aesthetic canons of contemporary minimalist art.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Parviz Tanavoli is an internationally recognized contemporary Iranian painter and sculptor, his work has been exhibited in museum and art galleries around the world and can be found in the British Museum, MOMA, New York, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, among other public and private collections. He lives and works between Vancouver, Canada and Tehran.
