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Javad Mojabi and Iranian Art Criticism
Perhaps one of the least understood aspects of Mojabi’s career outside Iran is his contribution to Iranian modern art criticism.
He devoted decades to studying Iranian visual arts.
His work covered modernism, painters, sculptors and the history of Iranian visual culture.
This made him unusual among literary writers.
He was not simply observing visual art from outside.
He was also a painter himself.
His understanding of visual composition therefore informed his critical writing.
He approached art as a cultural and historical phenomenon.
September 10, 2026 | 10:40 am
