Throughout most of neshats career, she has been exiled from iran, an outside observer of islamic laws. Iranian exile shirin neshats new exhibition expresses the. She is known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. She obtained her ba, ma, and mfa at uc berkeley and moved to new york city in 1983. Shirin neshat, courtesy of gladstone gallery, new york and brussels giving the voiceless a voice i look at the question of oppression, and how those who are living in a repressive situation such as in iran and subversive ways of being vocal, and i take off from that. Discover book depositorys huge selection of shirin neshat books online. Shirin neshats most popular book is women without men. Her personal experiences as a muslim woman in exile have informed her practice in which she employs photography, video installation, cinema and performance to explore political. Incorporating archival material to contextualize her practice, the show confronts. The exhibition consisted of a total of 56 black and white photos framed in unmated and black frames that were hung across the two galleries.
Neshats series returned to gladstone through february 23, 2008. Shirin neshat was born to a wealthy family from qazvin, a small city two hours from tehran, in 1957. Jan 31, 2012 throughout the space, dozens of iranian and arab youth with engaging, thoughtful expressions stare out from blackandwhite photographs by shirin neshat. Artist shirin neshat captures irans sharp contrasts in black and white the iranianborn visual artist has made her home countrys turbulent history the. A major retrospective of neshat s work, organized by the detroit institute of arts, was scheduled to open in 20. Shirin neshat, irish museum of modern art, dublin shirin neshat, patrick painter, santa monica, california shirin neshat, barbara gladstone gallery, new york shirin neshat, kanazawa contemporary art museum, kanazawa, japan shirin neshat, hamburger kunsthalle, hamburg, germany. The installation features two blackandwhite projections. Browse more artworks shirin neshat from leila heller gallery. Shirin neshat, panteha masses, from the book of kings series, 2012. Iranian artist shirin neshat on art, politics and changing. The book of kings series shirin neshats large photo series the book of kings is inspired by the 60,000verse poem shahnameh the book of kings from the eleventh century by the persian poet ferdowsi, today still the great narrative of persian history up to the islamic conquest of persia in the seventh century. 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.
Shirin neshat biographyneshat is a female visual artist, born in iran and educated in america where she currently resides. May 18, 2015 artist shirin neshat captures irans sharp contrasts in black and white the iranianborn visual artist has made her home countrys turbulent history the subject of high art. This beautiful volume presents an array of neshats most compelling works and illuminates the points at which cultural and political events have inflected her artistic practice. This biography profiles her childhood, life, career, achievements and timeline. In her fifth solo exhibit at new yorks gladstone gallery, artist shirin neshat sets up her first ever photo installation. Shirin neshats photographs and video installations explore the cultural issues that shape her native iran, with particular emphasis on the experience of women. View the book of kings series by shirin neshat on artnet. Shirin neshat model added a new photo to the album. Neshat grew up in prerevolutionary iran, then came to.
Shirin neshat is an iranian artist based in new york. May 11, 2015 shirin neshat is an iranian artist based in new york. Neshats the book of kings is inspired by the epic poem shahnameh the book of kings, by the 11thcentury poet ferdowsi, which chronicled iran through the 7thcentury islamic conquest of persia. May 15, 2015 its painful to say that, because neshats early work is so successful. 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 book of kings series by shirin neshat on artnet. As in her first series, this calligraphic foray is the link that binds neshat with her country, with tradition, with popular culture and ancient persian history.
Jun 15, 2001 shirin neshat s determination to undermine western assumptions about middle eastern women has resulted in an already substantial body of astounding and profound work. Facing history presents an array of neshats most compelling works, illuminating the points at which cultural and political events have impacted her artistic practice. Neshat has strived to become an influential artist, winning awards such as best director at the 66th venice film. 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. Neshat inscribed the portrait with calligraphic verses in farsi from contemporary iranian poetry, giving the work a powerful effect. Shirin neshat biography childhood, life achievements. Shirin neshat mosaeb masses, from the book of kings. I was really immersed in the arab spring and have even done a piece of work called the book of kings, which was about. The book of kings is a series of photographs, with farsi calligraphy and beautiful drawings from the preislamic history of persia inscribed on the developed image. May 17, 2010 we publish many striking images in the arts feature that accompanies our fiction and nonfiction chronicle columns.
Shirin neshat the colony 2019 available for sale artsy. Facing history takes a sweeping look at her output and will present her iconic blackandwhite photographic portraitswhich she discusses belowas well as her nonnarrative videos and her recent forays into cinema. Here is the translation of the poem, i will greet the sun again, from neshats book. Shirin neshat is an iranian visual artist and activist. Shirin neshat translates iranian political unrest through an. Shirin neshat, a slight woman with heavy eyeliner, stood against a wall displaying 45 of her photographic portraitsthe faces were covered with inscriptions of farsi poetry. 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. Shirin neshat speaks about her retrospective at the. As an iranian woman, shirin neshats startling photographs convey a power that is more than merely exotic.
Gladstone gallery specializes in modern and contemporary art with locations in new york and brussels. In her work, she explores iran pre and postislamic revolution, tracing political and societal change through powerful images of women. Neshat made a lovely choice in her text for this image, which imbues it with layers of paradox and discovery. Iranianborn artist shirin neshat explores the paradox of being an artist in exile. In 2012 shirin neshat had a solo exhibition in singapore, game of desire at art plural gallery. Shirin neshats photographs and videos address individual freedoms under attack from or repressed by social ideologies. June 11 every mystery of life has its origin in the heart. Shirin neshats instagram profile has 505 photos and videos. Her father was a wellrespected physician and her mother a homemaker. Throughout the space, dozens of iranian and arab youth with engaging, thoughtful expressions stare out from blackandwhite photographs by shirin neshat. Exiled iranian artist shirin neshat looks at the egyptian revolution.
Available for sale from leila heller gallery, shirin neshat, mosaeb masses, from the book of kings series 2012, ink on le silver gelatin print, 101. For shirin neshat, art became a kind of an excuse to build a relationship, even from a distance, to her homeland and history. On wednesday october 16, 20 i was fortunate to attend a lecture with some of my art history students at the museum of fine arts, boston entitled shirin neshat. Irans foremost female artist tells art radar how she uses art to explore fundamental human truths iranianborn artist shirin neshat and christy maclear, the executive director of the robert rauschenberg foundation, speak to art radar about the foundations new onetoone artist initiative, the current exhibition our house is on fire in new york city, and neshats internationally. These works were once again exhibited as a solo exhibition, shirin neshat. Its painful to say that, because neshats early work is so successful. At the age of seventeen, she relocated to the united states to complete her education. But that is not the world that shirin neshat knows. Shirin neshat born in qazvin, iran, in 1957, shirin neshat. 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.
Facing history is the companion volume to the smithsonians hirshhorn museum exhibition of the same name. 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. One depicts a group of men dressed in western suits and the other captures a group of women veiled in chador. Shirin neshat speaks about her retrospective at the hirshhorn. 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. Neshat s series returned to gladstone through february 23, 2008. Like most revolutions, however, the series of events that. Shirin neshat has 28 books on goodreads with 1594 ratings. The iran she knows is filled with poetry and mysticism. One portrait on view, ibrahim 2012, belongs to a part of the book of kings series neshat calls the patriots. The exhibition, she explains in an interview with voa persian tvs behnam nateghi, is about power and peoples relationship to power, which she sees as the essence of firdowsis epic poem the book of kings.
Shirin neshats book of kings captures the faces of the. The exhibit, the book of kings, was inspired by the wave of political uprisings. She who tells a story is an exhibit at the museum of fine arts, boston. The exhibit, the book of kings, was inspired by the wave of political uprisings throughout the arab world last year, and according to the gallery, explores the underlying conditions. The figure meets the viewers gaze with his right hand placed over his heart. Shirin neshat translates iranian political unrest through. 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.
Neshats ibrahim patriots, from the book of kings series, 2012. The gladstone gallery and the faurschou foundation in beijing, china are just some of the art spaces that have had the pleasure of exhibiting shirin neshats the book of kings. Shirin neshat born 1957 qazvin, iran lives and works in new york download biography. Shirin neshat born march 26, 1957 in qazvin, iran is an iranian visual artist who lives in new york. Book of kings 2012 and our house is on fire 20, an homage to the revolutionaries in the green movement and the arab. Artist shirin neshat captures irans sharp contrasts. Jan 14, 2018 shirin neshat shirin on shirin duration.
A total of 56 black and white photographs, framed in black and unmatted, and hung in the main gallery space, the reception hallway, and a smaller side room. Best known for her work in photography, film and video, neshat creates stark visual contrasts that offer glimpses into the social, cultural and religious codes of muslim societies. Shirin neshat, roja the book of kings, 2012, ink on le gelatin. Product modeling with keith jones in glendale, california. Written between 977 and 1010 ad, the persian book of kings, is irans great national epic poem that preserves the legendary and historic past of iran before its islamic conquest in the seventh century. Exiled artist shirin neshats first film is about the lives of four women in her native iran but it wont get past the countrys censors. At that time, neshat began to photograph herself wearing the chador, or veil. Veiled women brandish guns in defiant stances, with arabic calligraphy drawn upon the background of the photos. Later, her significant photographic works, the book of kings, were shown at the foundations copenhagen space during the group exhibition, i look at things, in 2012. Its written all over their faces the washington post.
She is an iranian video and installation artist who explores the political and social conditions of iranian and muslim life in. Shirin neshats rapture is an allegorical investigation into islamic laws effects on gender politics and daily life. In shirin neshats photographs, persian calligraphic script is transcribed o. May 15, 20 shirin neshat s solo show the book of kings at faurschou foundation in beijing, china features a new body of photography works and. Artist shirin neshat captures irans sharp contrasts in. Neshat grew up in prerevolutionary iran, then came to the u. Although her work has never been exhibited in her own home country, she has gained international recognition. Shirin neshats solo show the book of kings at faurschou foundation in beijing, china features a new body of photography works and. Though their nonwestern iconography may at first disorient the viewer, these pictures have a boldly stylized look that is utterly compelling.
Similarly, book of kings brings to the foreground neshats continued concern with the loss of traditions that fall outside the islamist endorsements of cultural production. Shirin neshats 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. 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. The book of kings, faurschou foundation, beijing shirin neshat, detroit institute of arts, detroit, michigan. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Exiled iranian artist shirin neshat looks at the egyptian. Shirin neshats powerful photographs and video installations illuminate the gender and cultural conflicts of her native iran. In 1993, after living in the united states for almost 20 years, neshat now 58 started making photographs of women with. The exhibition, she explains in an interview with voa persian tvs behnam nateghi, is about power and peoples relationship to power, which she sees as. 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. These images wrest emotional, aesthetic and political freedom from the dominant patriarchal culture, whether it be the colonialist west or fundamentalist iran. She grew up in a westernized, upper middle class family in iran and attended college in the u.
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