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Jules Roman's avatar

What Shirin says about America and the 'individualistic' culture really connects with the point Glenn Ligon was making with his ME neon! Different artists same culture. As an immigrant myself I really connected with what she was saying about always finding yourself 'between' cultures and not quite fitting in anywhere. But in a way that's a great perspective for an artist - certainly for Shirin. I think her work is great, the films too. And how amazing that the 'morality police' have just been disbanded in Iran. They need to do much more of course but the women of Iran have at least a small triumph to celebrate!With regards to the commodification of art - is this inevitable in a capitalistic society, and how amazing is it that as stocks and Crypto slide south tangible art seems to have more value than ever. But what does that do to artists who are pushing forward with new ideas and explorations? Who can we rely on to find new interesting things and give it airtime? You maybe????

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Helen S.'s avatar

When I saw that photograph my initial response was that it was a critique of brainwashing about religious fanaticism. Having read what you said about it and what Neshat says about her work I can see that is completely the opposite of the artist's intention. It's interesting how Western ideas about other cultures play into our interpretation. Feel annoyed with myself.

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