Shirin Neshat : facing history / edited by Mellissa Chiu and Melissa Ho.

"In her mesmerizing films and photographs, Shirin Neshat (Iranian-American, b. Qazvin, 1957) examines the nuances of power and identity in the Islamic world--particularly in her native country of Iran, where she lived until 1975. This book, the companion volume to the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Other Authors:	Chiu, Melissa Madoff, Steven Henry Ho, Melissa Afkhami, Mahnaz
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Books, 2015.
Subjects:	Neshat, Shirin, > 1957- > Exhibitions. ART / General. ART / Individual Artists / General. ART / Individual Artists / Monographs. Neshat, Shirin, > 1957- Exhibition catalogs.
Genre:	Exhibitions. Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:	247 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

A state of in-between : Shirin Neshat's Iran / Melissa Ho
I am still waiting for an apocalyptic angel with a key to this abyss / Steven Henry Madoff
Poetic history : an interview with Shirin Neshat / Melissa Chiu
"Sunlight, open windows, and fresh air" : the struggle for women's rights in Iran / Mahnaz Afkhami
Artworks with commentaries by Shirin Neshat.