Hannah Darabi – Enghelab Street, A Revolution through Books: Iran 1979-1983

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Hannah Darabi – Enghelab Street, A Revolution through Books: Iran 1979-1983Enghelab Street, Revolution Street, is located in the centre of Tehran a main artery in the citys cultural life with a host of bookshops. The publication presents a variety of photographic and propaganda books collected by Iranian artist Hannah Darabi. Drawing on works published between 1979 and 1983 years corresponding to the short period when freedom of speech prevailed at the end of the Shahs regime and the beginning of the Islamic government she

and also from the artist's personal imagery

Taking her cue from late Italian photographer Luigi Ghirri and his 1991 essay “A light on the wall”

empty sunflower seed kernels under park benches and individual balcony usages in large housing estates

bodies of work

written for makers

The broad spectrum of articles and essays ranges from Black Mountain College

Expanding on their investigations into material juxtaposition

the figures resemble those found in a romantic paintings

Kathleen James Chakraborty et al

humorous and utterly singular objects

a prison cell can be an insight

Adrian Piper