Shirin Neshat
Subtitle: facing history
By: edited by Mellissa Chiu and Melissa Ho
Contributors: Madoff, Steven Henry; Afkhami, Mahnaz; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Publisher: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781588345097
Subjects: Exhibitions
Description: "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. This book, the companion volume to the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum exhibition of the same name, presents an array of Neshat's most compelling works, illuminating the points at which cultural and political events have inflected 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 the photographic series "The Book of Kings"--including its latest chapter, Our House Is on Fire, created in the aftermath of the recent Egyptian revolutions. Commenting on freedom and loss, Neshat's deeply humanistic art is at once personal, political, and allegorical, and this book is an essential testament to its enduring power"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-247).
Table of contents: title: A state of in-between : Shirin Neshat's Iran / Melissa Ho; title: I am still waiting for an apocalyptic angel with a key to this abyss / Steven Henry Madoff; title: Poetic history : an interview with Shirin Neshat / Melissa Chiu; title: "Sunlight, open windows, and fresh air" : the struggle for women's rights in Iran / Mahnaz Afkhami; title: Artworks with commentaries by Shirin Neshat.