Shirin Neshat (b. Iran, 1957). Still from The Fury, 2022, two-channel video installation, HD video monochrome. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery. © Shirin Neshat.
Member Preview | Shirin Neshat: Born of Fire
Open to all Museum Members
April 19, 6 pm - 8 pm
6–8 PM | Reception
6:15–6:45 PM | Talk with artist Shirin Neshat and Chief Curator Corinne Erni
Museum Members are invited to an exhibition preview and reception celebrating the opening of Shirin Neshat: Born of Fire. At 6:15 PM, join us in the Lichtenstein Theater for a conversation between exhibiting artist Shirin Neshat and Corinne Erni, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator of Art and Education, who organized the exhibition.
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About the Exhibition
Shirin Neshat: Born of Fire marks the artist’s first museum exhibition in the New York area in over 20 years. The show offers a non-linear survey of Neshat’s artistic development, presenting focused installations of four significant bodies of work. These range from her first major photographic works, Women of Allah (1993–7)—images inspired by women’s involvement in the Islamic Revolution and Iran-Iraq War—to The Book of Kings (2012), a portrait series that calls on the tradition of Persian epic poetry to address the Arab Spring protest movement. The exhibition will also include more recent projects that present Neshat’s surreal film and video works alongside still photographs, including Land of Dreams (2019), in which the artist turns her attention to exploring American culture from the perspective of an Iranian artist in exile, and The Fury (2022–3), addressing sexual exploitation of female political prisoners.
Though distinct, all four bodies of work are connected by motifs of rebellion, storytelling, and human connection; presented together, they reveal how these key themes have developed throughout Neshat’s artistic evolution. The exhibition also features a gallery dedicated to her private collection of work by fellow artists, from friends such as Marina Abramović and Robert Longo to artists based in the Middle East. This installation reveals Neshat’s influences as well as her championship of lesser-known peers, especially from cultures where censorship impedes free expression.
Shirin Neshat: Born of Fire is organized by Corinne Erni, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator, Art and Education, with Scout Hutchinson, Associate Curator of Exhibitions.
Exhibition Support
Shirin Neshat: Born of Fire is made possible, in part, thanks to the generous support of Agnes Gund; Robert Lehman Foundation; Jacqueline Brody; Alaleh Khatibi and Ariel Olstad; Sandy and Stephen Perlbinder; Sarika Singh and Vivek Bantwal, Goldman Sachs Gives; Neda Young and Family; Susan and Frank Dunlevy; Yanina Fuertes; Amy and Steven Horowitz; Alexandra Stanton and Sam Natapoff; George Wells and Manfred Rantner; Barbara Hoffman; Nina Yankowitz and Barry Holden; and Ellen Kern.
The Parrish Art Museum’s programs are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and by the property taxpayers from the Southampton School District and the Tuckahoe Common School District.
Member Preview | Shirin Neshat: Born of Fire
Open to all Museum Members
April 19, 6 pm - 8 pm
6–8 PM | Reception
6:15–6:45 PM | Talk with artist Shirin Neshat and Chief Curator Corinne Erni
Museum Members are invited to an exhibition preview and reception celebrating the opening of Shirin Neshat: Born of Fire. At 6:15 PM, join us in the Lichtenstein Theater for a conversation between exhibiting artist Shirin Neshat and Corinne Erni, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator of Art and Education, who organized the exhibition.
Advanced registration is required. Not a Parrish member? Join today →
About the Exhibition
Shirin Neshat: Born of Fire marks the artist’s first museum exhibition in the New York area in over 20 years. The show offers a non-linear survey of Neshat’s artistic development, presenting focused installations of four significant bodies of work. These range from her first major photographic works, Women of Allah (1993–7)—images inspired by women’s involvement in the Islamic Revolution and Iran-Iraq War—to The Book of Kings (2012), a portrait series that calls on the tradition of Persian epic poetry to address the Arab Spring protest movement. The exhibition will also include more recent projects that present Neshat’s surreal film and video works alongside still photographs, including Land of Dreams (2019), in which the artist turns her attention to exploring American culture from the perspective of an Iranian artist in exile, and The Fury (2022–3), addressing sexual exploitation of female political prisoners.
Though distinct, all four bodies of work are connected by motifs of rebellion, storytelling, and human connection; presented together, they reveal how these key themes have developed throughout Neshat’s artistic evolution. The exhibition also features a gallery dedicated to her private collection of work by fellow artists, from friends such as Marina Abramović and Robert Longo to artists based in the Middle East. This installation reveals Neshat’s influences as well as her championship of lesser-known peers, especially from cultures where censorship impedes free expression.
Shirin Neshat: Born of Fire is organized by Corinne Erni, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator, Art and Education, with Scout Hutchinson, Associate Curator of Exhibitions.
Exhibition Support
Shirin Neshat: Born of Fire is made possible, in part, thanks to the generous support of Agnes Gund; Robert Lehman Foundation; Jacqueline Brody; Alaleh Khatibi and Ariel Olstad; Sandy and Stephen Perlbinder; Sarika Singh and Vivek Bantwal, Goldman Sachs Gives; Neda Young and Family; Susan and Frank Dunlevy; Yanina Fuertes; Amy and Steven Horowitz; Alexandra Stanton and Sam Natapoff; George Wells and Manfred Rantner; Barbara Hoffman; Nina Yankowitz and Barry Holden; and Ellen Kern.
The Parrish Art Museum’s programs are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and by the property taxpayers from the Southampton School District and the Tuckahoe Common School District.
