Shirin Neshat: 2002-2005

by Shirin Neshat and Shoja Youssefi Azari

In Shirin Neshat's photographs, Arabic 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; a man in a white dress shirt and black pants sings to an all-male audience; and a lone, nearly invisible woman chants to herself in a darkened house. Though focused on the particulars of the oppression of women in contemporary Iran,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8881585405
• ISBN13: 9788881585403
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Charta
• Length: 87 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.4" x 7.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher