MITRA TABRIZIAN: THIS IS THAT PLACE.

DEMOS, T. J. [Essay].

ISBN 10: 1854378147 / ISBN 13: 9781854378149

Published by Tate Publishing, London, 2008

About this Item

Large 8vo. pp: 47. First edition. Original publisher's photo-illustrated paper covers with flaps with black lettering at front and spine. Copiously illustrated in colour. Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Mitra Tabrizian: This is That Place' at Tate Britain, 3 June - 10 August 2008. ISBN: 9781854378149 Covers have slight shelfwear. Otherwise perfectly clean internally and externally. Near fine.

Seller Inventory # C69888

Bibliographic Details

• Title: MITRA TABRIZIAN: THIS IS THAT PLACE.
• Publisher: Tate Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1854378147
• ISBN 13: 9781854378149
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis

Photographer and filmmaker Mitra Tabrizian was born in Tehran and lives and works in London. She has exhibited internationally and her films have been screened worldwide. Her large-scale photographs combine techniques more commonly utilised in documentary film-making to create elaborate, staged tableaux. Focusing on everyday, real-life situations, she invites local people to take part as actors, creating apparently realistic and mundane scenes. At the same time, the version of reality she presents is shot through with surreal detail and a strong allegorical content, commenting both on contemporary Iranian society and the universal human condition. While some of her work is set within Iran itself, other photographs and films follow the lives and struggles of those forced into exile. Recent work has become both more extreme in the situations it portrays and more highly polished in execution, and she depicts hope and determination as finally conquering despair.