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Women of God
Graph Film
Shirin Neshat: A multicultural feminist
The challenge of Islam and the West
The sweet feminine world of Shirin Neshat
Conceptual interpretation of Shirin Neshat’s works
Introduction
Shirin Neshat, a contemporary Iranian photographer and filmmaker, was born on March 26, 1957 in Qazvin and now lives in New York. He went to the United States in 1974 to study art at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the director of the New York Art and Architecture Exhibition Company during the 1980s, during which time he organized exhibitions such as Werchitecture, photographs of damaged buildings in Sarajevo or Queer Space to analyze the role of gender in determining space and the meaning of physical space. , A subject that made its way into all of his films. In 1990, when she returned to Iran for the first time, under the influence of fundamental changes in the country, she decided to record her findings on these changes, especially regarding the situation of women. He produced the women’s photographs of Allah (1997-1994). In these photos, in which she played a role, she examined the issue of martyrdom in Islam, leaving aside the common stereotypes about Muslim women. In later years, he made three black and white video installations. Rebellious (Turbulent-1998), Attraction (Rapture-1999) and Passion (Fever-2000). The trilogy addresses the dynamics of the relationship between men and women in Islamic societies.
According to him, in these films, by deconstructing the subject in a new, philosophical and poetic context, he deconstructs it. In 2001, Philip Glass, a contemporary American composer, asked him to make a film for the song. Influenced by television images of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers, he made an eleven-and-a-half-minute color film called Passage 2001, which was accompanied by Glass music. In the same year, he made the black and white installation of the crazy (2001-possessed) video about separation and the passion and pulse of the film (Pulse-2001) about private and public identities. His other works include a combined work based on Attar’s Logic of Logic. Inspired by Shahrnosh Parsipour’s book “Women Without Men”, Ms. Neshat has been making a film since 2003, which tells the story of five Iranian women during the summer of 1943, while Iran is facing political crises. From different directions, they reach a common point, which is an imaginary garden.
Shirin Neshat won the Golden Lion of Venice in 2000. She is a well-known figure, especially in Germany, and was named the most important contemporary artist by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in 1992. After Parasto Forouhar, she is the second Iranian woman to make her way to the Berlin Museum of Contemporary Art, while many of the most famous European and American painters and artists have not yet succeeded in doing so. It sells for more than $ 300,000. Touba (2002) and Mahdokht (2004), two of his famous art videos were screened at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran during the presidency of Dr. Alireza Sami Azar.
“Shirin Neshat is a world-renowned artist who has always been on the rise with the 2006 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Art Award, and this award is for her continued work in photography and filmmaking. The theme of many of Neshat’s works is about the role of Islam in the Iranian women’s community, and this has caused her exhibitions and books to have a large audience. “When solutions are not found in the political arena, the art world can offer practical solutions to the world,” he said. “Getting this award is an important testament to the power of art,” he said of the $ 300,000 prize. The Distant Award and Lillian Gisch is one of the most important art awards to be given annually to women or men artists who have been instrumental in introducing beauty and artistic quality in New York. “The previous winners will be Robert Wilson, Isabel Allende, and Ingmar Bergman.” (15/6/86 www.iranqpg.com
