Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at Brunei Gallery in London, which gathered a selection of artworks from post-revolutionary Iran, this catalogue and accompanying essay reflect perhaps the first coordinated efforts to analyse and contextualise recent Iranian art practice within the nation’s social history and in comparison to the broader body of modern Iranian art. For curators Aras Amiri, David Hodge, Rozita Sharafjahan and Hamed Yousefi it has been a challenging task, as art historical research in the field remains fragmentary, lacking archival material. Combining formalist art history with social history, they hope to shed new light on the artists and work.