Shirin Neshat Project

Location

CSU 284

Start Date

24-4-2006 10:30 AM

End Date

24-4-2006 12:30 PM

Student's Major

Art

Student's College

Arts and Humanities

Mentor's Name

Gina Wenger

Mentor's Department

Art

Mentor's College

Arts and Humanities

Description

My research involves the artist Shirin Neshat, a contemporary Iranian performance artist. In order to create a secondary art curriculum on her work, I viewed exhibit of her work, research her background, and test taught what I thought would be appropriate student lessons. Neshat's work deals with Islam's gender divide. My intention was to create an opportunity for encourage students to reflect on the multiple identities of Islam. Her work doesn't condemn or glorify Islam, but challenges it's viewers to rethink their perceptions of Islam. She does this by using photography and cinema. Shirin Neshat is a 43 year-old-artist that was bom and raised in Iran but moved to the U.S. after high school to study art. After the Revolution took over her homeland she could not return for 11 years. When she did go back home, it had little resemblance of what it had been at one time. Her general theme is to cause awareness. I find myself feeling passionate and hopeful about this artist and the message she shares from her personal insights. For my research I created a senior high curriculum that not only teaches about Shirin Neshat, but also allows students to produce artworks based on their experiences. 16

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Shirin Neshat Project

CSU 284

My research involves the artist Shirin Neshat, a contemporary Iranian performance artist. In order to create a secondary art curriculum on her work, I viewed exhibit of her work, research her background, and test taught what I thought would be appropriate student lessons. Neshat's work deals with Islam's gender divide. My intention was to create an opportunity for encourage students to reflect on the multiple identities of Islam. Her work doesn't condemn or glorify Islam, but challenges it's viewers to rethink their perceptions of Islam. She does this by using photography and cinema. Shirin Neshat is a 43 year-old-artist that was bom and raised in Iran but moved to the U.S. after high school to study art. After the Revolution took over her homeland she could not return for 11 years. When she did go back home, it had little resemblance of what it had been at one time. Her general theme is to cause awareness. I find myself feeling passionate and hopeful about this artist and the message she shares from her personal insights. For my research I created a senior high curriculum that not only teaches about Shirin Neshat, but also allows students to produce artworks based on their experiences. 16

Recommended Citation

Spartz, Molly. "Shirin Neshat Project." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 24, 2006.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2006/oral-session-C/4