Event Title
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
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
