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Eden Revisited: Shahram Karimi and the Re-Enchantment of Art

Lisa Paul Streitfeld | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Shiraz, Christ, Mithra, Myth of Eternal Return, Shahram Karimi, Anahita, Iran, Art, Arab Spring, LTMH Gallery, Zoroastrianism, Shirin Neshat, Persian Art, New York City, Poetry, Painting, Women Without Men, Farsi, Middle East, Arts News
Lisa Paul Streitfeld

Shahram Karimi is the consummate artist, master of many mediums. In depositing his emotional baggage in the center of this stunning exhibition, the artist transforms his outsider identity into the ultimate insider.

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Shirin Neshat: Artist of the Decade

G. Roger Denson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neda Agha-Soltan, Women, Islam, Art Reviews, Hijab, Iranian Feminism, Homosocial, Arts, 9/11, Shirin Neshat, Crosscultural Art, Gender Divide, Green Revolution, Divide of Civilizations, Feminism, Artist of the Decade, Iran, Women Without Men, Sharia, Homosocial Divide, Islamic Feminism, Slidepollajax, Arts News
G. Roger Denson

2010-12-31-neshat.jpgMore than any other artist I can call to mind, the impact of Neshat's work far transcends the realms of art in reflecting the most vital and far-reaching struggle to assert human rights.

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Mother & Child, Winter's Bone, Solitary Man Feature Sumptuous Performances, Women Without Men Stunning Visuals & History Lessons

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cherry Jones, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Mother & Child, Shirin Neshat, Dorothea Lange, Attachment, Jennifer Lawrence, Solitary Man, Iran, Magic Realism, Shoja Azari, Winter's Bone, Rodrigo Garcia, Susan Sarandon, Shareeka Epps, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, Women Without Men, The Ozarks, Golden Lion, Naomi Watts, Debra Granik, S. Epatha Merkerson, Michael Douglas, Entertainment News
Penelope Andrew

Michael Douglas gives a gripping performance in Solitary Man rivaling his work in the sleeper Wonder Boys.

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Sundance: Roughs amongst Diamonds

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Undocumented Worders, Illegal Immigration, Women Without Men, Women, Immigration, Independent Film, Filmmaking, Indie Film, Entertainment News
Stewart Nusbaumer

Only yesterday, I wrote with brimming self-confidence that every film at Sundance is a gem. Without exception they're all diamonds shinning brightly. Then I went out and saw two stinker films.

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Women Without Men: Iran and Its People in Transition

Angella Nazarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran Revolution, Women Without Men, Lacma, Iran Uprising, Iranian Revolution, Farhang Foundation, Iran, Iranian Film, Iranian Art, Iranian Uprising, Shirin Neshat, World News
Angella Nazarian

2009-06-18-SN122_PULL.jpg It is in these gripping scenes that we see history repeating itself, and that art and the artist, a nation and its people, are inexplicably linked through their longing for what is absent.

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