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Passage to Iran

Passage to Iran PASSAGE TO IRAN Shirin Neshat interviewed by Babak Ebrahimian Iranian artist Shirin Neshat was born in Qazvin in 1957 and now lives in New York City. She is a visual artist who has gained recognition for her photography, film, and video installations, working through a variety of textural material, to express complex philosophical ideas behind contemporary Islam and her country Iran. She is the winner of numerous awards, including the Grand Prix of the Kwangju Biennale in Korea (2000), and the Golden Lion First International Prize at the 48th Venice Biennale (1999). Her work has been widely shown and recognized in the United States as well in Europe and Asia. Neshat’s films include the trilogy Turbulent (1998), Rapture (1999), and Fervor (2000); Soliloquy (1999); Passage (2001); Pulse (2001); and Possessed (2001), seen recently at the Barbara Gladstone Gallery, which represents her. Neshat’s collaboratively developed live-performance installation, Logic of the Birds, was prepared for the Lincoln Center Festival in July 2002. Currently, she is working on a film installation in response to September 11. Neshat has exhibited widely in major European and American cities. Among her most recent solo exhibitions are: Castello di Rivoli, Turin; Museum of Contemporary Art, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art MIT Press

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Publisher
MIT Press
Copyright
© 2002 Babak Ebrahimian
Subject
Interview
ISSN
1520-281X
eISSN
1537-9477
DOI
10.1162/15202810260186648
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Abstract

PASSAGE TO IRAN Shirin Neshat interviewed by Babak Ebrahimian Iranian artist Shirin Neshat was born in Qazvin in 1957 and now lives in New York City. She is a visual artist who has gained recognition for her photography, film, and video installations, working through a variety of textural material, to express complex philosophical ideas behind contemporary Islam and her country Iran. She is the winner of numerous awards, including the Grand Prix of the Kwangju Biennale in Korea (2000), and the Golden Lion First International Prize at the 48th Venice Biennale (1999). Her work has been widely shown and recognized in the United States as well in Europe and Asia. Neshat’s films include the trilogy Turbulent (1998), Rapture (1999), and Fervor (2000); Soliloquy (1999); Passage (2001); Pulse (2001); and Possessed (2001), seen recently at the Barbara Gladstone Gallery, which represents her. Neshat’s collaboratively developed live-performance installation, Logic of the Birds, was prepared for the Lincoln Center Festival in July 2002. Currently, she is working on a film installation in response to September 11. Neshat has exhibited widely in major European and American cities. Among her most recent solo exhibitions are: Castello di Rivoli, Turin; Museum of Contemporary Art,

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PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art – MIT Press

Published: Sep 1, 2002

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