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An Iranian museum holds a rare exhibit of American art, reflecting on war
The show features six works by Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana and James Rosenquist, selected for anti-war themes amid renewed conflict fears.
- Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art opened an exhibit this week featuring six anti-war works by American Pop artists Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana, and James Rosenquist, operating under the Culture Ministry.
- Empress Farah Pahlavi acquired these masterpieces in the 1970s, but the collection remained largely vaulted for decades after the 1979 Islamic Revolution to avoid offending Islamic values or appearing to cater to Western sensibilities.
- Visitors contemplated James Rosenquist's 'F-111,' a collage critiquing America's military-industrial complex, and Roy Lichtenstein's 'Brattata,' a comic-inspired painting of a fighter pilot shooting down an enemy craft.
- Young Iranians strolling the gallery felt a resonance from the works after living under bombardment, while Tehran artist Ghazaleh Jahanbin said American artists have "a really interesting way of ridiculing war.
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An Iranian museum holds a rare exhibit of American art, reflecting on war
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The artworks are distinctly American — famed pieces in vivid colors wrestling with themes of war, violence, pop culture and commercialism.
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