Shirin neshat muhammed patriots, from the book of kings series. Throughout the space, dozens of iranian and arab youth with engaging, thoughtful expressions stare out from blackandwhite photographs by shirin neshat. Neshat also approaches the body as the place where history is inscribed in the series of photographs she has produced using the persian book of kings as a starting point. This beautiful volume presents an array of neshat s most compelling works and illuminates the points at which cultural and political events have inflected her artistic practice. Shirin neshat rapture still, 1999 twochannel video. Shirin neshat exhibition catalogue for dirimart on behance.
The print featured the right side of an unknown womans face as well as the barrel of a gun that seemed to emerge and reflect like a shiny earring. Roger denson pm et updated dec 2017 rapture by shirin. Shirin neshat is an iranian artist based in new york. This is the two projections of 56 minutes of shirin neshat s work soliloquy put into one video. Interviews with iranian filmmaker and artist shirin neshat. Neshats new photography series the book of kings is inspired by the 60,000verse epic poem, shahnameh book of kings, by the 11th century poet ferdowsi, which chronicled the history of iran through the 7th century islamic conquest of persia.
In turbulent, neshats 1998 twoscreen video installation, two singers shoja azari playing the role of the male and iranian vocalist and composer sussan deyhim as the female create a. The broads exhibition, which kicks off on october 19 and will run through february of next year, will also feature rapture, turbulent, and passage. The photographs consisted of three groups of largescale black and white pictures. Nearing the twentieth anniversary of her new york debut, shirin neshat, in her recent exhibition at gladstone gallery, book of kings, adeptly challenges and speculation about her works currency or its resonance. Beginning with her early photograph series, women of allah, the exhibition also features iconic video works such as rapture, turbulent, and passage, monumental photography installations including the book of kings and the home of my eyes, and land of dreams, a new, ambitious work encompassing a body of photographs and two videos that will make. Shirin neshat, courtesy gladstone gallery, new yorkbrussel. Facing history is the companion volume to the smithsonians hirshhorn museum exhibition of the same name. Shirin neshat, rapture series women in a line, 1999. Facing history presents an array of neshat s most compelling works, illuminating the points at which cultural and political events have impacted her artistic practice. The broads shirin neshat show is the most significant to date. Shirin neshat untitled from rapture series 1999 artsy. Shirin neshat, a slight woman with heavy eyeliner, stood against a wall displaying 45 of her photographic portraitsthe. Though made up of a range of photos, speechless was the most evocative image included in the series.
Its written all over their faces the washington post. Browse more artworks shirin neshat from leila heller gallery. The exhibition, which presents over 230 photographs and eight immersive video installations, offers a rare glimpse into the evolution of neshat s. Facing history takes a sweeping look at her output and will present her iconic blackandwhite photographic portraitswhich she discusses belowas well as her nonnarrative videos and her recent forays into cinema. I will greet the sun again is the largest exhibition to date of internationally acclaimed artist shirin neshat s approximately 30year career. The rapture is a projection of black and white video where iranian artist shirin neshat speaks about the differences between muslim women and men. Neshat s mourners from her the book of kings series, which is inspired by the epic shahnameh by ferdowsi are based on portraits of individuals residing in cairo. Although based in new york, most of her inspiration comes from her native home. The exhibit, the book of kings, was inspired by the wave of political uprisings throughout the arab world last year, and according to the gallery, explores the underlying conditions. Similarly, book of kings brings to the foreground neshat s continued concern with the loss of traditions that fall outside the islamist endorsements of cultural production. Rapture is a projection of black and white video where iranian artist shirin neshat gives a narrative that concerns the differences between muslim women and men. Shirin neshat, panteha masses, from the book of kings series, 2012. Gladstone gallery specializes in modern and contemporary art with locations in new york and brussels.
Shirin neshats book of kings captures the faces of the. The epic narrates the deeds of legendary and historical kings of iran, including tales of heroes and villains. Shirin neshat rapture, 1999, gelatin silver print, 108. I am using this video for a university presentation. A, shirin neshat occupies a central role in the discourse on relations between the east and the west, her photographs and videos revolve around the situation of women in societies shaped by islam, and the contradictions arising between western and oriental cultural traditions. The book of kings series by shirin neshat on artnet. Divided into three groupsthe masses, the patriots, and the villainsneshats portraits of iranian and arab youth comprise black and white photographs with. In 1999, in consequence of the wide success of her video installation rapture, shirin neshat achieved immediate celebrity as a major contemporary artist. Written between 977 and 1010 ad, the persian book of kings, is irans great national epic poem that preserves the legendary and historic past of iran before its islamic. View the book of kings series by shirin neshat on artnet. Shirin neshats the book of kings feature calligraphy writings on portraits the artist took of participants of the arab spring.
As shahnameh cast the islamic conquest of persia as a tragedy, so the book of kings commemorates the countless masses of unknown citizens who courageously sacrificed themselves in. 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. Shirin neshat is an iranian visual artist known primarily for her work in movie, video and photography. Interweaving history, poetry and politics, the series is set against the backdrop of the recent arab spring, and the iranian green movement, which brought hundreds of thousands onto the streets across iran in june of 2009 in protest against corrupt power. On view at the broad october 19, 2019 february 16, 2020.
Shirin neshat rapture series, 1999 veils, words and guns. Shirin neshat, muhammed the book of kings, 2012, ink on le gelatin silver print, 60 x 45 inches. Available for sale from goodman gallery, shirin neshat, muhammed patriots, from the book of kings series 2012, ink on le silver gelatin print, 153. Born march 26th, 1957 qazvin, iran university of california, berkeley artist, filmmaker, photographer cindy sherman was the first person to purchase her artwork rebellious silence, 1994. More recently neshat has collaborated with american artist larry barns, taking portrait photographs of elderly, lowincome egyptian workers, including mechanics, street peddlers, teachers, grandmothers, and housewives, exploring the hardship experienced by individuals living under tumultuous regimes. The broads shirin neshat show is the most significant to. An image from shirin neshats rapture series, 1999, now on view at the hirshhorn. Rapture english and french edition shirin neshat, james rondeau on. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Interweaving history, poetry and politics, the series is set against the backdrop of the recent arab spring, and the iranian green movement, which brought. Iranian exile shirin neshats new exhibition expresses the. Women of allah from 1993 to 1997, neshat produced her first body of work, a series of feminist, blackandwhite photographs entitled women of allah, conceptual narratives on the subject of female warriors during the iranian revolution of 1979. Available for sale from leila heller gallery, shirin neshat, bahram villains, from the book of kings series ink on le silver gelatin print, shirin neshat is an iranian visual artist who lives in new york city. Neshat borrowed the title of her series from the shahnameh book of kings, an epic persian poem written a thousand years ago by the poet ferdowsi.