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Akram from ‘The Home of My Eyes’ series (2014–15), Shirin Neshat © Shirin Neshat, courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
Gizbasti from ‘The Home of My Eyes’ series (2014–15), Shirin Neshat © Shirin Neshat, courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
Javid from ‘The Home of My Eyes’ series (2014–15), Shirin Neshat © Shirin Neshat, courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
Nazakat from ‘The Home of My Eyes’ series (2014–15), Shirin Neshat © Shirin Neshat, courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
APOLLO INTERVIEW: ‘It was a challenge, but I have grown from it’ – Shirin Neshat on her latest work
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APOLLO INTERVIEW: ‘It was a challenge, but I have grown from it’ – Shirin Neshat on her latest work
23 Jun 15
Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat launched YARAT’s new space in Baku this spring with a new photography commission, The Home of My Eyes. Now, back across the Atlantic, she is the subject of the Hirshhorn Museum’s ‘Facing History’, which draws out social and political pivots from her best-known work. She spoke with me from her New York studio about fictionalising reality, never feeling accomplished, and travelling between the media of still photography, video art, and feature-length film.
Kasia Maciejowska: Your current exhibition in Baku is about Azerbaijan and its people – can you tell me about your own connection with its Persian history?
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