Research and art-critical writing
This page lists Javad Mojabi’s research, critical studies and analytical introductions. English renderings of Persian titles are descriptive; transliterations are included to help readers identify the original publications.
Books and studies
- Ayeneh-ye Bamdad (Mirror of Dawn)
- Shenakht-nameh-ye Ahmad Shamlu (A Guide to Ahmad Shamlu)
- Saramadan-e Honar-e Now (Pioneers of Modern Art)
- Sokhan dar Halgheh-ye Zanjir (Speech in the Chain)
- Shenakht-nameh-ye Gholam-Hossein Sa’edi (A Guide to Gholam-Hossein Sa’edi)
- Negah-e Kashef-e Gostakh (The Boldly Revealing Gaze)
- Shekl-e Neveshtanam Hastam (I Am the Shape of My Writing)
- Nam-ha Beyn-e Sokut va Seda (Names Between Silence and Sound)
- Saye-ye Dast (Shadow of the Hand)
- Ardeshir va Shabahat-haye Na-goriz (Ardeshir and the Inevitable Resemblances)
- Pishgaman-e Naqqashi-ye Moaser-e Iran (Pioneers of Contemporary Iranian Painting), volume 1
- Tarikh-e Tanz-e Adabi-ye Iran (A History of Literary Satire in Iran), two volumes
- Navad Sal Noavari dar Honar-e Tajassomi-ye Iran (Ninety Years of Innovation in Iranian Visual Art), two volumes
- Devist Naqqash va Tandisgar (Two Hundred Painters and Sculptors)
- Felez-kari dar Iran (Metalwork in Iran)
- Tasvirgari-ye Shahnameh dar Iran (Illustrating the Shahnameh in Iran), written for the Davoudi Shahnameh
Analytical introductions
Mojabi also wrote analytical introductions for books on contemporary artists. The collection of artists represented includes Hojjat Shakiba, Ghasem Hajizadeh, Parvaneh Etemadi, Parviz Tanavoli, Mohammad-Reza Atashzad, Ahmad Vosuq-Ahmadi, Jazeh Tabatabaei, Iran Darroudi, Behzad Shishegaran, Ali-Akbar Sadeghi, Alireza Espahbod, Aminollah Rezaei, Kambiz Derambakhsh, Ahmadvand, Nureddin Zarrinkelk, Ardeshir Mohassess, Sadegh Barirani and Misha Shahbazian.