Iran, Untitled
Photograph
2014 (photographed)
2014 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Gohar Dashti was born in 1980 in Ahvaz, Iran, and received her MA in Photography from the Fine Art University of Tehran in 2005. Dashti’s work in photography and video is concerned with social issues and identity in post-revolutionary Iran. She has exhibited internationally and participated in the recent exhibitions She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World , Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2013 and Burnt Generation: Contemporary , Somerset House, 2014, which included work from the Iran, Untitled series.
Iran, Untitled is a series of eight staged photographs. In each, a tight cluster of figures is centred within a vast, desert landscape. The figures are engaged in various activities that convey a sense of futility and frustration – a queue that leads nowhere, a playground slide jammed with adults– and refer to the constraints of life in contemporary Iran. Viewing the work as a series emphasizes the formal consistency of the compositions.
Iran, Untitled is a series of eight staged photographs. In each, a tight cluster of figures is centred within a vast, desert landscape. The figures are engaged in various activities that convey a sense of futility and frustration – a queue that leads nowhere, a playground slide jammed with adults– and refer to the constraints of life in contemporary Iran. Viewing the work as a series emphasizes the formal consistency of the compositions.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Iran, Untitled (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | photography |
| Brief description | Colour photograph by Gohar Dashti from the portfolio, 'Iran, Untitled', 2014, archival inkjet print |
| Physical description | A colour photograph of a landscape of hills; in the centre of the photograph a group of people stand in line carrying trunks. |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
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| Credit line | Purchased with support from the Cecil Beaton Fund |
| Summary | Gohar Dashti was born in 1980 in Ahvaz, Iran, and received her MA in Photography from the Fine Art University of Tehran in 2005. Dashti’s work in photography and video is concerned with social issues and identity in post-revolutionary Iran. She has exhibited internationally and participated in the recent exhibitions She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World , Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2013 and Burnt Generation: Contemporary , Somerset House, 2014, which included work from the Iran, Untitled series. Iran, Untitled is a series of eight staged photographs. In each, a tight cluster of figures is centred within a vast, desert landscape. The figures are engaged in various activities that convey a sense of futility and frustration – a queue that leads nowhere, a playground slide jammed with adults– and refer to the constraints of life in contemporary Iran. Viewing the work as a series emphasizes the formal consistency of the compositions. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.823:4-2014 |
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| Record created | December 19, 2014 |
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