"Written on the Body" by Shirin Neshat
07/06/2013.
Fundación Telefónica. [MAD] Spain. 06/06/ > 01/09/2013
metalocus, SERGIO CIDONCHA
metalocus, SERGIO CIDONCHA
There are many possibilities during PhotoEspaña, one of the best options is Telefónica Foundation. An exhibition that brings together a collection of pieces by the Iranian artist Shirin Neshat, in which the body is particularly important.
Shirin Neshat. OverRuled, 2012. (production still). Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Shirin Neshat. Click above to see larger image.
Shirin Neshat. OverRuled, 2012 (fotograma / production still). Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brusselss. © Shirin Neshat. Click above to see larger image.
Shirin Neshat. OverRuled, 2012 (production still). Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Shirin Neshat. Click above to see larger image.
Shirin Neshat. Rapture Series, 1999. Photo: Larry Barns. Courtesy of Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris. © Shirin Neshat. Click above to see larger image.
Shirin Neshat. Stories of Martyrdom, from the Women of Allah series, 1994. Photo: Cynthia Preston Private collection, USA. Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York.
Shirin Neshat. Rapture Series, 1999. Photo: Larry Barns. Courtesy of Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris. © Shirin Neshat. Click above to see larger image.
Shirin Neshat. Untitled (from Rapture series), 1999. Photo: Larry Barns. Courtesy of Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris. © Shirin Neshat. Click above to see larger image.
Shirin Neshat. Rapture Series, 1999. Photo: Larry Barns. Courtesy of Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris. © Shirin Neshat. Click above to see larger image.
Shirin Neshat. Rahul (Patriots), from The Book of Kings series, 2012. Courtesy of Jérôme de Noirmont. © Shirin Neshat.
Shirin Neshat. Amir (Villains), from The Book of Kings series, 2012. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Shirin Neshat.
Shirin Neshat. Bahram (Villains), from The Book of Kings series, 2012. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Shirin Neshat.
Shirin Neshat. Sherief (Villains), from The Book of Kings series, 2012. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Shirin Neshat.
Shirin Neshat. Divine Rebellion, 2012. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Shirin Neshat. Click above to see larger image.
Shirin Neshat. My House is On Fire, from The Book of Kings series, 2012. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Shirin Neshat. Click above to see larger image.
Shrin Neshat. Zarin, 2005 (production still). Produced by Barbara Gladstone, Philippe Bober, and Susanne Marian. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Shirin Neshat. Click above to see larger image.
Shrin Neshat. Zarin, 2005 (production still). Produced by Barbara Gladstone, Philippe Bober, and Susanne Marian. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Shirin Neshat. Click above to see larger image.
Shrin Neshat. Zarin, 2005 (production still). Produced by Barbara Gladstone, Philippe Bober, and Susanne Marian. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Shirin Neshat. Click above to see larger image.
Shrin Neshat. Zarin, 2005 (production still). Produced by Barbara Gladstone, Philippe Bober, and Susanne Marian. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Shirin Neshat. Click above to see larger image.
Shrin Neshat. Zarin, 2005 (production stilll). Produced by Barbara Gladstone, Philippe Bober, and Susanne Marian. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Shirin Neshat. Click above to see larger image.
Shirin Neshat. Muhammed (Patriots), from The Book of Kings series, 2012. Courtesy of Jérôme de Noirmont. © Shirin Neshat.
The display includes recent works, such as the photographic series inspired in the classic Persian text, The Book of Kings, and the short OverRuled.
The work of Shirin Neshat revolves around the condition of the Muslim woman, striking a balance between the search for cultural identity and the distortions and prejudices faced in the West. Through her photography and videos she has explored the segregation of men and women in Muslim society, projecting the construction and politicization of the public space and the confinement of desire to the private sphere.
The pieces featured provide a comprehensive look of the issues upon which the artist touches in her work devoted to the body. The exhibition includes, on the one hand, a group of photographs produced in connection to her video Rapture, in which the woman always appears covered by the chador, rendering invisible her subjectivity and her body, hidden but constantly expectant. At the same time, the artist uses the short film Zarin to introduce the viewer into the “disorderly” body of the woman, which is offered as an aggressively graphic text. Neshat also approaches the body as the place where history is inscribed in the series of photographs she has produced using the Persian Book of Kings as a starting point. The exhibition is completed by OverRuled, a short film developed from a performance where she reviews the struggle of words against the coercive power of authoritarianism.
Shirin Neshat (Iran, 1957) has lived and worked in the United States since 1974. Her work has been exhibited in the most important museums and art centers of the world, as well as in Documenta XI (2002) and the Whitney Museum Biennial (2000). In 1999, she was awarded the Golden Lion in the XLVIII Venice Biennale, and in 2009 she received the Silver Lion for her movie Women Without Men.
Curator.- Octavio Zaya.
Dates.- 6 June – 1 September 2013.
Produced by.- Fundación Telefónica.
Organized by.- Fundación Telefónica and PHotoEspaña.
