No Place Like Home
"The images have that kind of naivete of an artist living abroad, returning and very sincerely wanting to understand." Shirin
I would like to recommend an artist called Shirin Neshat to you, she's an Iranian but living in the U.S. so now she finds herself in the situation of not quite knowing where to feel at home. In her photographic series "Women of Allah", "Rapture" and "Fervor" you can see how she tried to examine the ideology of Islam and express it through art. I also warmly recommend you to read the interview which might help you to understand her photos. She talks about how she perceives the transformation of her country, Iran, over the years and how she rejects the stereotype about the women being victims. In her opinion the people of the western world don't understand Islam because they don't share the same historical perspective and have a different kind of rationality where e.g. martyrdom doesn't fit in.
posted by Silk_and_Velvet at 9:24 am
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The feeling of belonging to two different countries is very familiar to me as a person with two nationalities. But there the similarities end.
I don't like the thoughts and pictures of this woman. Particularly the use of a deadly instrument (a gun) like a household good is disgusting.
I also think many ideas expressed are simply not true:
- The feeling to be part of a community versus individual and perhaps egoist living forms have nothing to do with a certain religion. You can watch both priciples in all religions. The reason why they are more frequently met in Islamic countries is because the socioeconomic structure in the Western world led persons to move often to other areas resp. from small communities to big cities...The Islamic countries will follow this path in future.
- I hate the word "martyrdom" as I hate the word hero/heroism. These are words to misuse silly people for silly ideas.
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