Shirin Neshat talks about her love of Forough Farrokhzad, a radical Iranian poet who wrote about sexual temptation, sin, and talking to God
“In Iran we read a lot of poetry and literature from a young age. It’s part of our daily existence – our families would recite poetry and Forough Farrokhzad was one of those household names. She was so radical because she wrote about sexual temptation, sin, talking to God – it was sacrilegious. People called her a whore and a lot of male poets at the time really despised her.
And the work I’m doing now – about sexual assault on women in prison, which feels ironic considering what has been unravelling in Iran – is returning to this kind of imagery.targeting the issue of the female body both as an object of desire and as an object of violence and shame.”is quietly elegant and speaks in soothing tones, she is bold and unafraid in her work.
A resilient feminist and progressive storyteller, the Iran-born, New York-based artist and filmmaker draws on her experience as a woman in exile caught in the ideological rift between the West and the Middle East. Her dreamlike, monochromatic works have garnered global critical acclaim , and through them she has chronicled pivotal moments in Iran’s modern history in relation to women, capturing their brave resolution, which is evocative of today’s heroic protestors: “I am a part of this movement and I’ve got a responsibility to do what I can.”This story features in the Spring/Summer 2023 issue of AnOther Magazine, which is on sale now.
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