-maker, born in Iran and American citizen.Usually I don't enjoy the articles from In the Making--the art's too out there and i don't understand the message--but this one was different. The artist represented two different cultures and ideologies, two different ways of life, two different ways to represent her ideas.
I like films because the messages are universal, or at least appeal to a mass audience despite differences. Paintings and drawings can be interpretted in so many different ways depending on the eyes looking at the art work. The lack of differentiation and exclusion in Neshat's work makes you pay more attention because you don't write it off because you don't understand it. At the same time I enjoy that her art incorporates a lot (in some pieces, only inorporates) her heritage.
Coming from a diverse background myself, I like that she's found a way to depict all the aspects of herself, while illustrating that they are opposing but can blend in an artisitic and progressive fashion.
I opened the blog with her quote on how to appeal and grab the attention of her audience. That its the strange things that make a person stop and think. While if I have to think to hard I might get to frustrated to think deeply about something, it is the strange images that remain in my mind.
I do wonder though, if she meant that having two differing cultures is strange
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Glad you liked the reading. I love Neshat's work, and I think you'll really fall in love with it when you see it in person.
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