{"product_id":"9781911164319","title":"Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet : Contemporary Persians","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Consortium Book Sales \u0026 Dist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054493679856,"sku":"9781911164319","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911164319_p0.jpg?v=1763630403","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911164319","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}