Born in Iran to a Westernized family, Shirin Neshat was studying art in Los Angeles at the time of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. She was 22 years old. After returning to Iran in 1990, she endeavored to express the lasting dignity of Muslim women despite the change of manners that could be considered as a regression.
Her series Women of Allah, from 1993 to 1997, includes some masterpieces of modern Muslim photography. In 1998, she begings to produce video installations with two or three screens.
The video titled Passage made in 2001 with a music by Philip Glass is not an installation because it is limited to a single projection.
With a great formal beauty, the artist shows three groups which eventually converge into a funeral ceremony in the desert landscape of Morocco : men wear the shroud, women in chadors dig the hole and a child is piling stones to erect a monument .
Passage was edited in six copies on DVD format. One of them with its VHS tape is estimated USD 200K for sale by Sotheby's in Doha on October 13, lot 6.
Her series Women of Allah, from 1993 to 1997, includes some masterpieces of modern Muslim photography. In 1998, she begings to produce video installations with two or three screens.
The video titled Passage made in 2001 with a music by Philip Glass is not an installation because it is limited to a single projection.
With a great formal beauty, the artist shows three groups which eventually converge into a funeral ceremony in the desert landscape of Morocco : men wear the shroud, women in chadors dig the hole and a child is piling stones to erect a monument .
Passage was edited in six copies on DVD format. One of them with its VHS tape is estimated USD 200K for sale by Sotheby's in Doha on October 13, lot 6.
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