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In her extraordinary photographs and films, Shirin Neshat explores aspects of female identity in post-revolutionary Iran. Her riveting images, set in traditional and urban landscapes, in the desert or by the sea, typically depict massed groups of male and female figures who walk, chant, and perform obsessive rituals.

Source: News, October Novermber December, 2004


DimensionsFrame: 24 1/2 × 31 5/8 in. (62.2 × 80.3 cm)
Image: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Accession Number 2004.8
Classificationsphotograph
Edition8/10; Edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs. Also large format (40 x 60 in.) edition of 5.
Rapture Series (Women In A Line), 1999
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines