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This catalogue was published within the context of Shirin Neshat exhibition curated by Heinz Peter Schwerfel that took place on May 10-June 15, 2013 at Dirimart Nisantasi. It features 14 photographs of "Mourners" from The Book of Kings series of the artist together with a text by Heinz Peter Schwerfel and a piece by poet Jalal ad-din Muhammad Rumi. Neshat's "Mourners" from her The Book of Kings series, inspired by the epic Shahnameh by Ferdowsi (940-1020), are based on portraits of individuals residing in the slums of Cairo, where the promise of freedom and democracy following the uprising against the Mubarak regime failed to materialize. Inscribed with Persian handwriting, the artist's black and white portraits confront the viewer with human bodies that face a struggle against hegemony in this overly politicized region marked by covert violence and suppression. Schwerfel writes, "This art, beyond the political engagement of Iran's Green Movement and the mystique of the Arab Spring, is shaped by two opposing rhetorical systems that currently feud with each other on a global scale."

Author

Shirin Neshat; Heinz Peter Schwerfel; Dirimart Gallery

Publisher

Istanbul: Dirimart

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9786055815271