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Cantor Center To Exhibit Arab Women Photographers
20 January 2015
The Cantor Center at Stanford University will show the work of 12 women photographers from Iran and the Arab world. Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World opens Jan. 28 for its only West Coast engagement.
Dashti, Neshat, Habjouqa. See below for full credits.
The artists included in the exhibition are Jananne Al-Ani, Boushra Almutawakel, Gohar Dashti, Rana El Nemr, Lalla Essaydi, Shadi Ghadirian, Tanya Habjouqa, Rula Halawani, Nermine Hammam, Rania Matar, Shirin Neshat and Newsha Tavakolian.
The program notes point out:
These photographers have tackled the very notion of representation with passion and power, questioning tradition and challenging perceptions of Middle Eastern identity. The work provides insights into political and social issues, including questions of personal identity and exploring the complex political and social landscapes of their home regions in images of great sophistication, expressiveness and beauty.
Credits for the three images above include:
Left Image: Gohar Dashti (Iran, b. 1980), Untitled #5 from the series Today's Life and War, 2008. Pigment print. Courtesy of the artist, Azita Bina and Robert Klein Gallery, Boston. Gohar Dashti
Middle Image: Shirin Neshat (Iran, b. 1957), Roja, 2012. Gelatin silver print with India ink. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Charles Bain Hoyt Fund and Francis Welch Fund. Photography. 2014 MFA, Boston
Right Image: Tanya Habjouqa (Jordan, b. 1975, Untitled from the series Women of Gaza, 2009. Pigment print. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Museum purchase with general funds and the Horace W. Goldsmith Fund for Photography. Photography. 2014 MFA, Boston
For more information see the news release below.
Twelve Contemporary Artists from Eight Countries Dynamically Explore Identity, Narrative and War in Daily Life
She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World
Jan. 28 to May 4
The Cantor Arts Center, Stanford UniversityThis exhibition presents the pioneering work of 12 leading women photographers from Iran and the Arab world. These photographers have tackled the very notion of representation with passion and power, questioning tradition and challenging perceptions of Middle Eastern identity. The work provides insights into political and social issues, including questions of personal identity and exploring the complex political and social landscapes of their home regions in images of great sophistication, expressiveness and beauty. The artists are: Jananne Al-Ani, Boushra Almutawakel, Gohar Dashti, Rana El Nemr, Lalla Essaydi, Shadi Ghadirian, Tanya Habjouqa, Rula Halawani, Nermine Hammam, Rania Matar, Shirin Neshat and Newsha Tavakolian. The exhibition was organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Cantor presents its only West Coast viewing. Press release
Related Programs
Gallery Talk
Thursday, March 5, 12:15 p.m.
Pigott Family GalleryDr. Attiya Ahmad, Stanford Humanities Center Fellow and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the George Washington University, provides a unique perspective on the exhibition's photographs through the lenses of gender, feminist studies and her scholarship on the Middle East.
Artist Panel
Thursday, March 19, 5:30 p.m.
Cantor auditoriumThree of the artists discuss their work: Boushra Almutawakel (born 1969 in Yemen, resides in Yemen and France); Tanya Habjouqa (born 1975 in Jordan, resides in East Jerusalem); and Rania Matar (born 1964 in Lebanon, resides in the U.S.).
Multimedia Presentation
Thursday, April 30, 5:30 p.m.
Cantor auditoriumReframe Iran profiles 40 Iranian artists through text, photographs and immersive video. Co-sponsored by The Brown Institute for Media Innovation.
Exhibition Tours
Thurs. at 12:15 pm, Sat. and Sun. at 2 pm, beginning Feb. 5Cantor Arts Center At Stanford University
Visitor Information: Admission is free. The Cantor is open six days a week: Wednesday to Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. plus Thursday until 8 p.m. Closed on Tuesday. Located on the Stanford campus; directions and map; off Palm Drive at Lomita Drive and Museum Way. Weekday parking is $2 per hour. Cantor information at museum.stanford.edu.