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![Iranian-American Artist Channels Arab Spring In New Exhibition
NEW YORK — Renowned Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat says her new exhibition, a series of photographs inspired by the Arab Spring and a short film about government censorship, is her most political work yet — channeling both current events and the situation in her native country.
The exhibition, hosted by the Gladstone Gallery in New York City’s artsy Chelsea neighborhood, drew hundreds to its opening night on January 12.Afterward, Neshat told RFE/RL that she saw the work as her own reflection on and contribution to the wave of popular uprisings that swept through the Middle East and North Africa last year…[READ MORE]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxw3zbSf111qkgi6go1_500.jpg)
Iranian-American Artist Channels Arab Spring In New Exhibition
NEW YORK — Renowned Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat says her new exhibition, a series of photographs inspired by the Arab Spring and a short film about government censorship, is her most political work yet — channeling both current events and the situation in her native country.
The exhibition, hosted by the Gladstone Gallery in New York City’s artsy Chelsea neighborhood, drew hundreds to its opening night on January 12.
Afterward, Neshat told RFE/RL that she saw the work as her own reflection on and contribution to the wave of popular uprisings that swept through the Middle East and North Africa last year…[READ MORE]
