Shirin Neshat. [Castello di Rivoli Museo d`Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino, 30 gennaio - 5 maggio 2002 / January 30 - May 5,2002]

Neshat, Shirin

ISBN 10: 8881583607 / ISBN 13: 9788881583607

Published by Milano. Edizioni Charta., 2002

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Erste Auflage. 28 x 24 cm. 187 S. OKarton. Kapital marginal bestoßen, sonst gutes Exemplar. Texte in Italienisch und Englisch. Mit einem Vorwort von Ida Gianelli sowie Beiträgen von Hamid Dabashi, RoseLee Goldberg, Giorgio Verzotti und Shirin Neshat. Durchgehend mit Abbildungen versehen, teilweise in Farbe.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shirin Neshat. [Castello di Rivoli Museo d`Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino, 30 gennaio - 5 maggio 2002 / January 30 - May 5,2002]
• Publisher: Milano. Edizioni Charta.
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8881583607
• ISBN 13: 9788881583607
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Kunst: Ausstellungs- und Galeriekataloge nach 1945

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Synopsis

In Shirin Neshat's photographs, Persian calligraphic script is transcribed over black and white depictions of the exposed faces, hands and feet of Iranian women. In her video works, swarms of women in black hijabs ululate, or a man in a white dress shirt and black pants sings to an all-male audience, while a lone woman sings to herself in a darkened theater. Always aesthetically compelling, Neshat's work is equally thematically ambiguous, never settling on a simple or singular meaning, never offering social commentary within prescribed limits. Though focused on the particulars of sex segregation and the suppression of women in contemporary Iran, Neshat underscores the relevance of her poetic, disturbing, moving ensembles to a broader culture. This monograph documents and provides critical insight into the evolution of her work.

About the Author

Shirin Neshat was born in 1957 in Qazvin, Iran. As a teenager, she studied art at the University of California, Berkeley, during the Iranian Revolution. She has since relocated to New York, where she lives and works. Her work has been exhibited internationally, featured in the Whitney Biennial 2000; and at the Serpentine Gallery, London; and The Art Institue of Chicago.