Untitled, from the series Listen

Islamic Art Now: Contemporary Art of the Middle East
© Newsha Tavakolian
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Untitled, from the series Listen

Series: Listen
Descriptive: girl in water

2011
Photographs
Inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper
Image: 41 1/4 × 51 1/4 in. (104.78 × 130.18 cm) Sheet: 49 3/4 × 64 1/8 in. (126.37 × 162.88 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by the Farhang Foundation, Fine Arts Council and an anonymous donor (M.2012.142.3)
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Newsha Tavakolian is a self-taught photographer who began her career as a photo-journalist at the age of sixteen....
Newsha Tavakolian is a self-taught photographer who began her career as a photo-journalist at the age of sixteen. Professional success came quickly with her work published in National Geographic, Le Monde, the New York Times, Newsweek, and Time Magazine. She decided to focus on images of women as a specific reaction to George W. Bush’s characterization of Iran as being part of an axis of evil beginning with her award-winning 2006 photo essay "Women in the Axis of Evil." In her documentary work and since 2009 when her interests shifted to fine art, Tavakolian seeks to contradict western media’s narrow view of Iranian women and their lives. Rather, her engaging and vibrant images document the evolving role of women who are empowered to battle against or to subvert gender-based restrictions. These prints from the series "Listen," were initiated as imaginary CD covers for fantasy albums for six women professional singers, who are not permitted to perform in public in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Bibliography

  • Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen. "Newsha Tavakolian: Listen." Aperture no.224 (2016): 94-99.