Shirin Neshat: Rapture — Film Installation and Photographs This exhibition by internationally renowned artist, Shirin Neshat, features the film installation and photographs from her work Rapture. The social and psychological experience of gender in contemporary Islamic society is explored in this powerful, poetic media installation. Two opposing projections present men and women kept apart but locked in a balance of polarities.
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ASU Art Museum Presentation
Organized by John Spiak, Shirin Neshat: Rapture will be installed in the 2,800-square-foot Kresge Gallery of the Arizona State University Art Museum at the Nelson Fine Arts Center.
Duration
Shirin Neshat: Rapture (June 9 — September 16, 2001) is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm, and Sunday from 1pm to 5pm.
Support
The exhibition at the Arizona State University Art Museum is supported in part by Friends of the Arizona State University Art Museum.
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