Born in iran, neshat emigrated to the united states in 1974 at the age of 17, and today has photographs, films, and videos in museum collections across the country. The videos zarin and munis are part of a series of video installations entitled women without. Neshat grew up in prerevolutionary iran, then came to the u. Best known for her work in photography, film and video, neshat creates stark visual contrasts that offer glimpses into the social, cultural. Works of neshat are primarily based in between the islam and westernstyle, masculinity, femininity and modernity. Shirin neshats first feature film is an adaptation of iranian novelist. Facing history ho, melissa, afkhami, mahnaz, chiu, melissa on.
Her artwork centers on the contrasts between islam and the west, femininity and masculinity, public life and private life, antiquity and modernity, and bridging the spaces between these subjects. Shirin neshat is an iranian visual artist based in new york city, united states of america. Shirin neshat discusses our house is on fire artnet news. Shirin neshat has produced a fascinating and bewitching movie based upon the novel by sharnush parsipur. Neshat s series returned to gladstone through february 23, 2008. Her artwork centers on the contrasts between islam and the west, femininity and masculinity, public life and private life, antiquity and modernity, and bridging the. Shirin neshats powerful photographs and video installations illuminate the gender and cultural conflicts of her native iran. Shirin neshats rapture is an allegorical investigation into islamic laws effects on gender politics and daily life. University and sva and is currently a resident at the sharpe walentas studio program. Shirin neshat national museum of modern and contemporary art. This biography profiles her childhood, life, career, achievements and timeline. She obtained her ba, ma, and mfa at uc berkeley and moved to new york city in 1983.
But since then, as an artist, she has returned again and again to islam in her work. Shirin neshat wanders across the upper floor of the goodman gallery in london, gesturing around her. Shirin neshat speechless women of allah series 1996. Shirin neshat translates iranian political unrest through. At the age of seventeen, she relocated to the united states to complete her education. Artist shirin neshat began to explore the question of identity after moving from her native iran to new york, where she has lived in what she defines as selfimposed exile for most of her adult life. Born on march 26, 1957, she is best known for film, video and photography works.
Like most revolutions, however, the series of events that. Jan 14, 2018 shirin neshat shirin on shirin duration. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Shirin neshats curated show gathers female iranian artists on. Its really iran that is the central driver, the central reference point, in her work. Facing history contextualizes the artists work around the 1953 ouster of prime minister mohammad mosaddeq, the 1979 revolution that brought ayatollah khomeini to power and.
Its written all over their faces the washington post. Shirin neshat was born on march 26, 1957 in ghazvin, iran. But that is not the world that shirin neshat knows. Shirin neshat, rapture, 1999, twochannel videoaudio installation, 16mm film transferred to video, the broad art foundation. Shirin neshat talks about her art, life and new body of work at the robert rauschenberg 19th street project space in new york neshat was recently commissioned by the rauschenberg foundation to. She is known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. Neshat has strived to become an influential artist, winning awards such as best director at the 66th venice film. Shirin neshat translates iranian political unrest through an. Dozens of faces gaze down, staring out intently from the walls of the space. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Iranianborn artist shirin neshats first solo show in washington features a. Facing history is on view at the smithsonians hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden in washington, d.
The home of my eyes marks the opening of yarat contemporary art centre, baku, azerbaijan 24 march 23 june 2015 to mark the opening of yarat. This thesis analyzes shirin neshats women of allah photographs by exploring key sociopolitical events that have shaped iranian history since the reign of cyrus the great, ca. May 3, 2015 shirin neshat, nida patriots, from the book of kings series. Feb 04, 2008 shirin neshat born march 26, 1957 in qazvin, iran is a contemporary visual artist who lives in new york. She is a director and actress, known for zanane bedune mardan 2009, looking for oum kulthum 2017 and land of dreams. This image may contain shirin neshat human person face. Faezeh her friend who secretly loves munis brother. Shirin neshat national museum of women in the arts. Shirin neshat retains the magic realism of the novel and allows the supernatural and surreal to interact with the stories. The political and religious upheaval that affected iran in 1979 is best remembered for the taking of american hostages and the deposing of the shah. Throughout most of neshats career, she has been exiled from iran, an outside observer of islamic laws increasing effects on the countrys women and daily life. Women without men zanane bedune mardan, 2009 is an iranian film based on shahrnush parsipurs 1990 novella of the same name. In her mesmerizing films and photographs, shirin neshat examines the nuances of power and. Video and installation artist shirin neshat iranian, b.
Facing history at the smithsonian hirschhorn museum. The iran she knows is filled with poetry and mysticism. In her work, she explores iran pre and postislamic revolution, tracing political and societal change through powerful images of women. Gladstone gallery specializes in modern and contemporary art with locations in new york and brussels. Shirin neshat was born to a wealthy family from qazvin, a small city two hours from tehran, in 1957. Iranian expat shirin neshat looks back at her countrys history at. Jul 21, 2000 shirin neshat missed the revolution in iran because she was sent to college in the us. A feminist reading of shirin neshats first feature length film, women. Faezeh, munis and fakhri in one of the most politically tumultuous times. Munis a spinster being forced by her brother to marry against her will. For shirin neshat, art became a kind of an excuse to build a relationship, even from a distance, to her homeland and history. Interviews with iranian filmmaker and artist shirin neshat fireplace. Shirin neshat is a contemporary iranian visual artist best known for her work in photography, video, and film such as her 1999 film rapture,which explore the relationship between women and the religious and cultural value systems of islam.
May 17, 2010 we publish many striking images in the arts feature that accompanies our fiction and nonfiction chronicle columns. Deux videos intitulees munis et faezeh et les nouvelles photographies creees a. This beautiful volume presents an array of neshat s most compelling works and illuminates the points at which cultural and political events have inflected her artistic practice. Shirin neshats photographs and videos address individual freedoms under attack from or repressed by social ideologies. Shirin neshat born march 26, 1957 in qazvin, iran is an iranian visual artist who lives in new york. May 22, 2015 munis 2008, for instance, is one of five videos based on characters from neshats awardwinning debut film, women without men 2009, which the museum will screen on june 11 as part of. She grew up in a westernized, upper middle class family in iran and attended college in the u. Shirin neshats photographs and video installations explore the cultural issues that shape her native iran, with particular emphasis on the experience of women.
Although her work has never been exhibited in her own home country, she has gained international recognition. Shirin neshat is not creating a straightforward film version of the novel but rather her own interpretation of the five female main characters. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Munis from women witout men,2008 ccourtesy of gladstone gallery, new york and brussels.
Jun 24, 2015 for shirin neshat, art became a kind of an excuse to build a relationship, even from a distance, to her homeland and history. For example, neshats surrealist 2008 short film munis about a. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Internationally acclaimed artist shirin neshat takes on loaded themes in photography, film, and video works that delve into issues of gender, identity, and politics in muslim countries, and the relationship between the personal and political. In addition, muniss garden is the space where she is resurrected and. Shirin neshat and turbulent, 1998 the outsiders exhibiting. The rhetorical space of the garden in shirin neshats. But i am its secret, by the iranianborn photographer and artist shirin neshat which shows a veiled muslim woman who is neshat herself staring intently into the camera, her skin covered with a swirl of black and red farsi script attracted more than the usual. Her father was a wellrespected physician and her mother a homemaker. May 09, 2014 shirin neshat biographyneshat is a female visual artist, born in iran and educated in america where she currently resides. Shirin neshat s zarin ran at barbara gladstone through november 12, 2005, laurie anderson at sean kelly through october 22, and jonathan horowitz at yvon lambert through november 12.
Parsipur s work tells the stories of five different women and how they come together in a rural estate south of tehran both to seek refuge from the various forms of male harassment that they have experienced and perhaps also to find their own way in life. Her film women without men 2009, which won the prestigious silver lion award at the venice film. On guard 1998 national museum of women in the arts. The movie follows the experiences of 4 very different women in 1950s iran. Facing history is the companion volume to the smithsonians hirshhorn museum exhibition of the same name. Neshat was born in qazvin, iran, and left the country to study art in the united states at 17. Storefront functioned like a cultural laboratory, the program was quite. Shirin neshats women without men walker art center. Iranianborn artist shirin neshat explores the paradox of being an artist in exile. Shirin neshat on directing looking for oum kulthum and making art in exile duration. The work is munis and revolutionary man, 2008, and its meaning becomes somewhat less obscure when one.
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