Shirin
Neshat
Shirin
Neshat
Neshat
Born in Qazvin, Iran, Shirin Neshat moved to the United States in 1974 to study art. She did not return to Iran until 1990, when she was deeply impressed by the Islamic revolution’s effects on the status of women. This experience was a turning point in her work, which questions the ideas of identity, refuge or utopia in a poetic vocabulary based on Persian culture.
Her work first consisted of photographic paintings, such as Women of Allah. In the late 1990s, she began working as a video artist. Her films, which have a strong narrative and dialectical dimension, feature long sequences and tracking shots that play on contrasts and symbols.
Neshat's work was presented for the first time by the Pinault Collection in 2008 during the exhibition “Passage du Temps” (“Passage of Time”) at the Tri Postal in Lille.
Her work first consisted of photographic paintings, such as Women of Allah. In the late 1990s, she began working as a video artist. Her films, which have a strong narrative and dialectical dimension, feature long sequences and tracking shots that play on contrasts and symbols.
Neshat's work was presented for the first time by the Pinault Collection in 2008 during the exhibition “Passage du Temps” (“Passage of Time”) at the Tri Postal in Lille.
