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Shirin Neshat
Speechless (Women of Allah), 1996
Ink on RC print
46 3/4 x 33 7/8 in. (118.7 x 86 cm)
Photograph taken by Larry Barns
© Shirin Neshat. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels.

Installation view of Shirin Neshat: Facing History at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2015.
Works from The Book of Kings series, 2012
Artwork © Shirin Neshat. Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

Shirin Neshat
Roja (The Book of Kings), 2012
Ink on LE gelatin silver print
60 x 45 in. (152.4 x 114.3 cm)
© Shirin Neshat. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels.

Shirin Neshat
Rapture Series (detail), 1999
Gelatin silver print
42 1/2 x 67 1/2 in. (108 x 171.5 cm)
Photograph taken by Larry Barns
© Shirin Neshat. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels.

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18 May - 20 September, 2015

Shirin Neshat: Facing History

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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.

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