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Shirin Neshat Quotes

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The first years of my life in the U.S. were very difficult.  (Shirin Neshat Quotes) Magical realism allows an artist like myself to inject layers of meaning without being obvious. In American culture, where there is freedom of expression, this approach may seem forced, unnecessary and misunderstood. But this system of communication has become very Iranian  (Shirin Neshat Quotes) Those of us living in the state of in between have certain advantages and disadvantages. The advantage of being exposed to a new culture and in my case the freedom that comes with living in the USA. The disadvantages of course being that you will never experience again being a center or quite home anywhere...  (Shirin Neshat Quotes) Beautiful woman wrapped in chadors, with huge machine guns in their hands. Brilliant, shocking, amazingly contradictory images. They compelled me to deeply investigate these ideas.  (Shirin Neshat Quotes) I’m really interested in social justice, and if an artist has a certain power of being heard and voicing something important, it’s right to do it. It could still be done in such a way that it’s not aggressive or overly didactic. I’m trying to find that form.  (Shirin Neshat Quotes) Being political is an integral part of being Iranian. Our lives are defined by politics.  (Shirin Neshat Quotes) I believe and support the feminist movement, but I am not generally interested in considering women’s rights in relation to equality with men, or in a competition with men, but rather within their own rights and feminine space.  (Shirin Neshat Quotes) Every Iranian artist dreams of the black market. We don’t care about making money.  (Shirin Neshat Quotes) Art is our weapon. Culture is a form of resistance  (Shirin Neshat Quotes) I’m really interested in social justice, and if an artist has a certain power of being heard and voicing something important, it’s right to do it. It could still be done in such a way that it’s not aggressive or overly didactic. I’m trying to find that form  (Shirin Neshat Quotes)