Translation and Transgression in the Art of Shirin Neshat

Thirty years after the debut of her photo-portraits, this book chronicles the early career of Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat. In its first twenty years, Neshat's work weaved viewers into complex readings of women and power in Iran. Yet her images also drew criticisms of exoticizing Muslim women.

List of contents

1. Signs in Silence: Performing the Subjects of Unveiling and Women of Allah 2. Spectacle of Memory: Embodied Experience in Neshat's Early Video Installations 3. 'Here Vs. There:' Translation and the Global Exhibition 4.From Transgression to Aesthetic-Political Commitment: Neshat's Iran at the Crossroads

About the author

Erin Devine is an artist and writer based in Washington, DC and Cologne, Germany. She exhibits installation and performance-based works internationally, contributes criticism to multiple publications, curates exhibitions for spaces in the DC area, and is a Professor of Art History at Northern Virginia Community College.

Product details

• Authors: Erin C. Devine, Erin C. (Northern Virginia Community Colle Devine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032376448
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3237644-8
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: Routledge Focus on Art History and Visual Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Iran, Photography & photographs, Sociology, The arts: general issues, ART / History / General, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / Middle Eastern, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Art forms, Photography and photographs, The Arts: art forms, The arts: general topics