Archive
Essays & Writings
Writings and curatorial essays by Jalaleddin Mashmooli on socially engaged art, ecology, and contemporary practice in rural Iran.
2007 — ongoing · 8 min read
Beyond Gallery Walls
The Legacy, Impact, and Global Resonance of “Art in the Village”
An exploration of Jalaleddin Mashmooli's pioneering open-air movement, socio-ecological memory, and community-engaged expressionism — and how decades of working outside the white cube reshaped both a rural cultural landscape and the artist's own impasto vocabulary.
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2007 — ongoing · 6 min read
Art in the Village
Decentralizing Contemporary Art & Mapping Lived Geographies
Initiated in 2007 by Jalaleddin Mashmooli and the Hajm-e Sabz Art Group, “Art in the Village” (Honar dar Roosta) brought contemporary painters, sculptors, and environmental artists into more than 75 villages across regional Iran — relocating the creative act from the white cube into the rhythm of everyday rural life.
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