Carpet reading in contemporary art “Case study of the works of Elena Herzog and Mahmoud Saleh Mohammadi”

Rasooli, Azam

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Rasooli A. Carpet reading in contemporary art “Case study of the works of Elena Herzog and Mahmoud Saleh Mohammadi”. goljaam 2022; 18 (41) : 5
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Carpet reading in contemporary art “Case study of the works of Elena Herzog and Mahmoud Saleh Mohammadi”

Azam Rasooli ^*

Technical and Vocational university

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The expressive features of handmade carpets are defined as the most prominent Iranian traditional arts in the context of collective traditions. The carpet with this intrinsic component, has been used by many Iranian and non-Iranian artists in contemporary art that has an individualistic character. The manner of representation of the carpet as text in contemporary artworks and its referential, semantic and functional implications, is the issue of this research. Therefore, the transtextual approach of Genette has been used to read these works, which is text-oriented and based on intertextual relationships. The purpose of this study is to introduce the capacities and expressive capabilities of the carpet in contemporary art. The works of two artists who have characteristics related to the subject of research have been selected and studied based on a descriptive-analytical method. The nature of this research is developmental and in the form of qualitative research. The data collection method is a library - documentary, observation of works and tools for data collection are research paper and using modern scanning tools. Based on the results, carpet as a text in combination with texts and new branches of contemporary art, is used in a completely individualistic expression, visual function and concepts beyond the carpet itself.The carpet is in service of the artist's ideas and concepts and not as carpets, but it has become a work in contemporary art itself. It was also found in the study of the samples, Hypertextualite, Paratextualite and Intertextuality of Transtextualiet Types, allowed and guided the interpretation and reception of the semantic and expressive implications of carpet and understanding the existing relationships with other textual, linguistic and artistic (visual) systems, and they are considered a good approach to carpet study.

Article number: 5

Keywords: Transtextualite, Text, Contemporary artwork, Carpet

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Received: 2021/08/2 | Accepted: 2025/01/12 | Published: 2025/08/29