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Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat
  • Name: Shirin Neshat
  • Birthday: 1957-03-26
  • Also known as: شیرین نشاط
  • Place of birth: Qazvin, Iran
  • Popularity: 0.377
Biography: Shirin Neshat ( شیرین نشاط‎, born March 26, 1957 Qazvin) is an Iranian 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 Iran has undermined basic human rights, particularly 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... Read More

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Title Release date
Body of Truth   as  Self 2020-03-26
Axis of Light 2011-01-01
Soliloquy 1999-03-10