Fountains at culturally significant sites around the Iranian capital were transformed into protest art on Friday
, and another in front of the Iranian Artists Forum, an interdisciplinary arts space founded during the reform-oriented presidency of Mohammad Khatami., citing the BBC’s Persian service, the fountains have since been drained. But for a moment, the ephemeral work served as a visceral reminder of the sacrifices made in the name of women’s rights.
Pamela Karimi — an art historian at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth who recently published a book about Iranian contemporary art called “” — said that artists are at the center of this protest movement. “Unfortunately, in the past 40 years, they haven’t been able to create political groups that can stand up to the government,” she said, pointing to Iran’s failed progressive
In a country where the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance must approve all art, Karimi says that artists typically circumvent rules by seeking alternative spaces for art-making — dilapidated factories, empty warehouses — and by being coy about their messaging.
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