Iran (Islamic Republic of)

of being and singing. The collective wisdom of Iranian artists through the centuries is infused either for or against various philosophical and mystical concepts besides aesthetics. The concept of Mundus Imaginalis is one of the main paradigms especially in Iranian visual art. The Iranian archetypal painter has always believed in representing the image of the original through materialistic perception. This collective heritage is readable in the works of contemporary artists through novel theories and paradigms. This phenomenon becomes more interesting when it merges with Western approaches and artistic trends in the post-Internet era.