About this title: Born in Iran in 1957, Shirin Neshat is best known for self-portraits in which she appears in a body-covering black chador, occasionally carrying a weapon. Gender politics is her subject, and the repression of women, whether through fundamentalism or cultural exoticism, is her target. Since 1984, Neshat has steadily gained a reputation for powerful, confrontational photographs that invert the expectations Westerners have of Middle Eastern culture. Her determination to eliminate Western assumptions about Middle Eastern women - in particular the often-disturbing ties Westerners make between ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Edizioni Charta
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9788881583140ISBN:8881583143
Description: New. 8881583143. Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Text in English and Italian. 80 pp. With 67 ills. (21 col. ). 17 x 25 cm. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hiroshima City Museum of Modern Art, Hiroshima
Date Published: 2005
Description: vg+ The 6th Hiroshima Art Prize. A very clean art catalogue in stiff wrappers. Mild rubbing at head and tail of spine. Text in both Japanese and English. read more
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