Monday, March 2, 2009
Shirin Neshat's art deals with the Islamic idea of martyrdom, which is why her photographs are usually of Middle Eastern figures, weapons, and script. Violence is evident in her works because she was displaced from her original homeland during a revolution in 1979. During which time she came to America.
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This is cool looking, but I don't get political cause art. Probably because I grew up without turmoil and do not feel strongly about such things. I can appreciate the aesthetics, I just can't relate to it.
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