Rebellious Iranian Female Artists and What We Learn From Them

The title of the exhibition, “Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians,” is a nod to the voices of these artists who explore gender, ...

Rebellious Art: Iranian Artists You Need To Know - The Nomad Salon

Rebellious Art: Iranian Artists You Need To Know. Shirin Neshat ... Laws were written that promoted the oppression of women, such as preventing ...

“The Quietly Rebellious Art of Iranian Women and What We Can ...

“The Quietly Rebellious Art of Iranian Women and What We Can Learn From Them” by Susanna Schrobsdorff ... Iranian-born artist, Afruz Amighi ...

Iranian Women's Perseverance Is a Work of Art - Harper's BAZAAR

"Rebellious Silence" by Shirin Neshat, 1994. Courtesy of the artist ... “Imagine if every one of us supported the Iranian women and helped them ...

Soheila Sokhanvari Honors the Untold Stories of Iran's Feminist Icons

In vibrant portraits adorned with dazzling Persian patterns, Rebel Rebel celebrates poets, actors, writers, and singers who were arrested, ...

Rebel, Rebel: Iranian women's resistance across generations

Rebel, Rebel: An ode to Iranian women's spirit of resistance across generations ... It is these “rebels”, inspired by their rebellious ...

A-Level: Shirin Neshat, Rebellious Silence, Women of Allah series

In Rebellious Silence, the central figure's portrait is bisected along a vertical seam created by the long barrel of a rifle. Presumably the rifle is ...

My Art Celebrates Iran's Feminist Rebels; The Protests In The ...

And, as Iranian women began to have their freedoms stripped away from them ... the power, the sass and the inner strength of Iran's rebel women. I ...

Representation of Disobedient Bodies: A Critical Reading of Shirin ...

The disobedient body, the rebellious body, the body that dances in front of ... Iranian female writers and publishers released the first issue of women's ...

Iranian artist Shirin Neshat on her life in exile and her latest work ...

Iranian-born visual artist Shirin Neshat is seen as a powerful voice for Iranian women… but her art has never been shown in Iran.

The Iranian Rebel Women of Soheila Sokhanvari - Artland Magazine

Read about Cambridge-based Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari, who depicts the brave and rebellious women of Iran before the 1979 revolution.

Shirin Neshat: a stare that challenges us to look away - BBC

“I made Women of Allah and Rebellious Silence back in 1994,” Neshat says, when asked about the image's continued resonance, “and now we're in ...

Artists and Street Politics in Iran by Pamela Karimi | Cornell AAP

... rebellion and artistic expression. Iran's art scene has long been a ... In short, the art emerging from the Women, Life, Freedom ...

Women, Life, Art: reflections on creativity, divine femininity and ...

Soheila Sokhanvari is one such woman whose natural creativity is abundant. Having already visited the exhibition Rebel Rebel at the Barbican ...

Shirin Neshat: Investigating Cultural Identity Through Powerful ...

The visual artist often recurs to texts by Iranian female writers, some of feminist nature. However, Speechless and Rebellious Silence ...

The Iranian artist using painting to honor her lost homeland | CNN

... Rebel Rebel” was on — many Iranians now know that they have been. Although Sokhanvari doesn't want to name names for fear of endangering them ...

Soheila Sokhanvari's rebel women paved the way for Iran's protesters

Soheila Sokhanvari's rebel women paved the way for Iran's protesters ... In a series striking paintings, the artist brings her heroes to life and ...

Meet Courageous Iranian Women in Soheila Sokhanvari's Exhibit

... the rebellious women who have inspired generations of women to ... Iranian-British artist Soheila Sokhanvari's Rebel Rebel at the ...

Soheila Sokhanvari captures bravery of Iranian women in 20th century

Rebel Rebel: Soheila Sokhanvari captures bravery of Iranian women in 20th century · New exhibition at the Barbican examines pre-revolutionary ...

A vibrant celebration of Iranian rebel women – in pictures

In her series of paintings Rebel Rebel, artist Soheila Sokhanvari, who lives in Cambridge, celebrates 27 feminist icons from pre ...