Esmaeilzade analyses the self-expressive art of the Jina uprising as a significant tool for protesting the systemic oppression of Iranian women.
Kheyzaran Esmaeilzade
Kheyzaran Esmaeilzade has a PhD in Art research and works as a lecturer and visual art critic in Iran. Her primary focus is on the interplay between art and politics. For the last ten years, she has concentrated on Iran’s 20th-century art history, contemporary Iranian art, and the intersection of visual art with society, gender, media, art theory, feminism, non-artist art practices, and art activism.
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