Visual Discourse System in the Artworks of Committed Contemporary Iranian Paintings

Abstract

An attempt is made to answer the questions: How to base the Utterance system in the visual texts of Iranian painting, based on commitment discourse theory in the literature of the 60s and 70s? and What is the main difference between the Utterance and Discourse systems in visual arts? The generating institutions of this type of Utterance system necessitate the referential function for visual texts as the main component in the formation of such texts. According to these institutions, production of artwork as classical and ornamented texts convey only one meaning, unlike the phenomenal texts with multiple meanings, next to illustrating how some outstanding and common semantic signs lead to the formation of this type of Utterance system in Iranian art.

Presenters

Zabolinezhad Hoda
Assistant Professor, Painting, Urmia University, Iran

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Arts Histories and Theories

KEYWORDS

Discourse Theory, Committed Art, Iranian Painting, Contemporary Iranian Painting