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Quote from Shirin Neshat at TEDWomen

by Hrag Vartanian December 8, 2010December 8, 2010

In the West, culture is at risk of being a form of entertainment — exiled Iranian artist Shirin Neshat #TEDWomenless than a minute ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®an xiao 4.0.2
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Part of me thinks this has already happened. I asked An Xiao for a context for this quote at the TEDWomen conference and she provided the following:

Neshat spoke today about her experience as an artist exiled from Iran. She explained that art and culture are a form of resistance, and that she envied Western artists for not having to think about resistance in their work. The only challenge, though, is that art here in the West can quickly become entertainment instead.

Hrag Vartanian

Hrag Vartanian is editor-in-chief and co-founder of Hyperallergic. More by Hrag Vartanian

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