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Iranian artist, film director, and photographer (born 1957)

Person · Open Library

Born
1957
Works
22

Top works

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  • Shirin Neshat - Dreamers Trilogy
  • Im Gespräch
  • Shirin Neshat Mourners from the Book of Kings

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1957-03-26

Discography

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Listeners
245
Total plays
386

Shirin Neshat (شیرین نشاط, born 26 March 1957 in Qazvin, Iran) is a visual artist known for her photography and video installations. Her work has been showcased around the world, most notably at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Shirin Neshat began stirring controversy with her photo series Women of Allah. The series drew international attention as well as widespread criticism that Neshat was romanticizing Islamic fundamentalism. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Shirin+Neshat">Re

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Key facts

Born
( 1957-03-26 ) March 26, 1957 (age 69) , Qazvin , Imperial State of Iran
Education
University of California, Berkeley ( BA , MA , MFA )
Known for
Mixed media performance, video installations , photography
Notable work
The Shadow under the Web (1997), Speechless (1996), Women without Men (2004) Rapture (1999)
Movement
Contemporary art
Spouse
Kyong Park (divorced)
Partner
Shoja Azari
Awards
Silver Lion Venice Film Festival , Golden Lion Venice Biennale

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Shirin Neshat
name in native language
شیرین نشاط
date of birth
1957-03-26
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Works in European collections

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Shirin Neshat (Persian: شیرین نشاط; born March 26, 1957) is an Iranian photographer and visual artist who lives in New York City, known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. Her artwork centers on the contrasts between Islam and the West, femininity and masculinity, public life and private life, antiquity and modernity, and bridging the spaces between these subjects.

Since the Islamic Revolution, she has said that she has "gravitated toward making art that is concerned with tyranny, dictatorship, oppression and political injustice. Although I don’t consider myself an activist, I believe my art – regardless of its nature – is an expression of protest, a cry for humanity.”

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