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Fervor

2000

Shirin Neshat

(American, born in Iran 1957)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Unframed: 167.6 x 117.2 cm (66 x 46 1/8 in.); Framed: 176.8 x 127.2 cm (69 5/8 x 50 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds donated by William and Margaret Lipscomb in celebration of the museum’s centennial 2016.59
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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One woman looks at us, asking if we have the courage to stand up, stand out from the crowd, and be counted.

Description

Shirin Neshat uses photography and video to expose the role of gender in the creation of power structures and social values. During Friday prayers, a vital communal practice in Islam, men and women are required to sit separately, divided by a cloth wall. One woman turns her head to challenge that separation.
A black and white photograph of many people seated together in rows, divided by gender, with the women wearing black and the men mostly wearing white. They are all facing the same way: away from the camera. One woman turns her head, facing us.

Fervor

2000

Shirin Neshat

(American, born in Iran 1957)
America

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