Study the position of woman in the works of three contemporary Iranian painters with a feminist approach

Abstract

Today, by various and diverse approaches in the artistic critique and analysis, different aspects of sociological concepts and trends can be deduced from artistic works. Feminism and its different approaches can also be effective and successful in understanding and revealing some of the concepts related to the art. Feminist art in the contemporary world can have media function as a method and means for expressing the female-oriented demands and views. In the current society of Iran, painting as a collection of tendencies and different perspectives has female-oriented and feminist concepts in itself. This research, by studying the works of three painters (Shideh Tami, Saeed Rafiee Monfared, Zeinab Movahhed) seeks to follow represented position of the woman in the works and determined how each of these artists in her or his painting deals with the issue of woman, her role and her picture. The research is conducted by descriptive-analytical method. The method of collecting research data was field and library-documentary and questionnaire and interviews were used for this process. This study implies that every painter with a personal way was involved with the issue of woman in his/her work and each of them used this concept in their works in terms of their own thinking and personal attitude. The works of these painters have been avoided from a sexism view as far as possible; but the arrangement of this view is seen in the works of these painters i.e. Zeinab Movahhed, Saeed Rafiee Monfared and Shideh Tami. Keywords : Woman, female-oriented, Feminism, contemporary painting of Iran, feminist art DOI : 10.7176/ADS/73-04 Publication date :May 31 st 2019