Shirin Neshat

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Shirin Neshat is a contemporary visual artist who lives in New York. She is known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. Shirin Neshat (b. 1957) was born in Qazvin, Iran. Her parents were upper middle-class. Her father was a well-respected physician and her mother, a homemaker. She grew up in a westernized household that adored the Shah of Iran and his ideologies. Neshat has stated about her father, “He fantasized about the west, romanticized the west, … Wikipedia
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  • BOMB Magazine: Shirin Neshat

    Interview with Shirin Neshat
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  • Gladstone Gallery

    ... NEWS GALLERY Shirin Neshat Exhibitions Selected Works Publications Biography Bibliography October 15 - November 12, 2005 Press Release...
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  • guardian.co.uk

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  • Guardian Unlimited |...

    Shirin Neshat's startling films take life in Iran and turn it into something poetic.
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  • TIME Europe | Photo Essay...

    Shirin Neshat doesn't quite know where to call home.
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  • Gladstone Gallery

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    Shirin Neshat was born in Iran. In order to shield her from the effects of the Islamic Revolution, Neshat’s father sent her to the United States to attend high school. She studied art at the University of California at Berkeley prior to moving to New Y
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  • Shirin Neshat

    Although Shirin Neshat lives and works in the United States, her artwork explores issues of her native Islamic society, especially the position of women. She uses the specifics of her background culture to create works that communicate universal ideas ab
    www.cmoa.org/international/html/art/neshat.htm