Neshat, Shirin. Fervor, 2000. gelatin silver print, Unframed: 167.6 x 117.2 cm (66 x 46 1/8 in.); Framed: 176.8 x 127.2 cm (69 5/8 x 50 1/16 in.). Purchased with funds donated by William and Margaret Lipscomb in celebration of the museum’s centennial, 2016.59. Copyrighted.

Fervor

2000

Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat (American, born in Iran 1957)

Photography

Fervor, 2000. Shirin Neshat (American, born in Iran 1957). Gelatin silver print; unframed: 167.6 x 117.2 cm (66 x 46 1/8 in.); framed: 176.8 x 127.2 cm (69 5/8 x 50 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by William and Margaret Lipscomb in celebration of the museum’s centennial 2016.59 Shirin Neshat uses photography and video to expose the role of gender in the creation of power structures and social values. During Friday prayers, a vital communal practice in Islam, men and women are required to sit separately, divided by a cloth wall. One woman turns her head to challenge that separation. One woman looks at us, asking if we have the courage to stand up, stand out from the crowd, and be counted.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Neshat, Shirin
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: gelatin silver print
Medium: gelatin, silver, print
Dimensions: Unframed: 167.6 x 117.2 cm (66 x 46 1/8 in.); Framed: 176.8 x 127.2 cm (69 5/8 x 50 1/16 in.)
Departments: Photography
Accession Number: 2016.59
Credit Line: Purchased with funds donated by William and Margaret Lipscomb in celebration of the museum’s centennial
Exhibitions: Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation)
Rights Statement: Copyrighted