HAMBURG, GERMANY.-In her first solo exhibition in Berlin, Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat introduces two new works: Mahdokht (2004) and Zarin (2005). The two film installations mark the beginning of what is to become a five-part feature film entitled Women without Men. The novel of the same name by Shahrnush Parsipur was published in Tehran in 1989, soon after which it was banned due to its daring, liberal style and the author arrested.
Shirin Neshat's latest series of films signals her entry into the realm of feature filmmaking and consolidates the mythological turn taken by her work in Tooba (2002). After Parsipur's provocative allegory of life in contemporary Iran, Neshat's newest poetic vision traces the lives of five women who... MORE
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