Barbad Golshiri

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Barbad GolshiriIran
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History

• 636 Arab invasion brings start of
  Islamic rule
• 9th century Emergence of modern Persian language
  (Farsi)
• 1501 With the support of Shia warrior tribes,
  Shah Ismail I becomes first ruler of Islamic
  Safavid dynasty Shia Islam declared state
  religion.
• 1907 Introduction of constitution limits
  absolute powers of rulers
• 1926 Military commander Reza Khan
  crowned. His oldest son, Mohammed, is proclaimed
  Crown Prince.

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History

• 1935 Formerly known as Persia, Iran is adopted
  as the country's official name
• 1941 The Shah's pro-Axis allegiance in World War
  II leads to the deposition of the Shah in favor
  of his son
• 1950 Mohammad Mossadeq becomes prime minister
  after the assassination of Ali Razmara
• 1951 Parliament votes to nationalize the oil
  industry. A power struggle between the Shah and
  Prime Minister Mossadeq ensues and the Shah flees
  the country in August 1953.
• 1953 Mossadeq is overthrown in a coup engineered
  by British and American intelligence services.
  The Shah returns.

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History

• 1963 The Shah embarks on a campaign to modernize
  and westernize the country
• 1978 The Shah's policies alienate the clergy and
  his authoritarian rule leads to riots, strikes
  and mass demonstrations. Martial law is imposed.

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History

• 1979 (January 16th) Shah and family forced into
  exile
• 1979 (February 1st) The Islamic fundamentalist,
  Ayatollah Khomeini, returns to Iran after 14
  years of exile in Iraq and France for opposing
  the Shahs regime
• 1979 (April) The Islamic Republic of Iran is
  proclaimed after a referendum.

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Government

• Iran is a theocratic republic, with a Supreme
  Leader determining and supervising the general
  policies
• Political parties are relatively new, formed
  before elections and disbanded soon after
• Most conservatives prefer working through
  political pressure groups

Current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Economy

• Irans economy is a mix of central planning,
  state ownership of oil and large enterprises,
  village agriculture, and small-scale private
  ventures
• Unemployment and underemployment are high
• Educated youth seek jobs outside Iran, causing a
  brain drain

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Censorship in Iran

• The government has tried to stop political
  movements among the youth by not allowing
  students with opposing views to attend
  universities

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Censorship in Iran

• Iran is the 4th most censored country in the
  world
• Non-Islamic websites are censored by the
  government
• Online journalists are harassed and put in jail

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Bio Barbad Golshiri

• Born in 1982, Tehran, Iran
• Lives and works in Tehran
• 2004 BA, Painting, The School of Art and
  Architecture, Azad University, Tehran
• Installation art
• Conceptual art
• Art and Language
• Art and Philosophy

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Early Influences A Family of Intellectuals
Barbads Golshiris Father Houshang Golshiri,
Author
Barbad Golshiris Mother Farzaneh Taheri,
Literary Critic
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Portrait of the Artist as a One Year Old Child
(2005)
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What Has Befallen Us, Barbad? (2002)
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The Distribution of the Sacred System (2010)