Shirin Neshat: Facing History
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2015. Hardcover. Bw illus. boards with yellow lettering. Yellow spine. 249 pp. Bw photos throughout with a few in color. NF. Item #155059
ISBN: 9781588345097
Catalogue from the exhibition of May to September 2015. "In her mesmerizing films and photographs, Shirin Neshat (Iranian-American, b. Qazvin, 1957) examines the nuances of power and identity in the Islamic world—particularly in her native country of Iran, where she lived until 1975. Shirin Neshat: Facing History presents an array of Neshat’s most compelling works, illuminating the points at which cultural and political events have impacted her artistic practice. Included are the “Women of Allah” photographs that catapulted the artist to international acclaim in the 1990s; lyrical video installations, which immerse the viewer in imagery and sound; and two monumental series of photographs, The Book of Kings, 2012, and Our House Is on Fire, 2013, created in the wake of the Green Movement and the Arab Spring. Commenting on freedom and loss, Neshat’s deeply humanistic art is at once personal, political, and allegorical." - With essays by each author/curator, Steven Henry Madoff and Mahnaz Afkhami. Moving, beautiful, and thought-provoking.
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