Tag: Shirin Neshat
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Shirin Neshat: The Fury
Neshat’s haunting new video installation is a fictionalised account of the effect of imprisonment and torture on a young Iranian woman and is shown here alongside a series of black-and-white nude portraits of female trauma victims
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Persia Reframed: Iranian Visions of Modern and Contemporary Art by Fereshteh Daftari – book review
This is a valuable guide to the history of the reception of modern and contemporary Iranian art in the west, offering a broad outlook on cultural interactions between Iran and major American cultural institutions in the past three decades
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Shirin Neshat: ‘Nothing is more powerful than human expression’
The artist talks about her latest exhibition, for which she photographed ordinary people in Azerbaijan, how she incorporates poetry into her work, and her feelings about being so close to her own birthplace, Iran, which she has not visited for…
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Calligraffiti: 1984/2013 – the art happening that launched the New York fall season
Leila Heller Gallery, New York 5 September – 5 October 2013
