.:. art / lyrical narratives and political visions 

Shirin Neshat. Body of Evidence
March 28 through June 8, 2025

more pictures .:. A bold lady from Iran. Shirin Neshat (Qazwīn, 1957) has become an internationally renowned artist by devoting her creations to her country of origins. She lives in the USA now, because of the insisting denounce against the Ayatollah regime that her pictures and videos have made clear for years. Her art is as violent as delicate, global and intimate, frequently placing the body of women as – hence the title of the exhibition, with almost two hundred photographs and ten video installations – the body of evidence.
.:. Neshat's works come natural, striking but inevitably perceivable by everyone. She believes that art is a spontaneous duty, especially in a complicated world like the one we're all experiencing these days. Though her portrays of Iranian people – from a millennia old civilization – are inscribed with poetic calligraphy, the series of "Women of Allah" shows all of them with a gun in their hands. Religion brainwashes people, you know. Another section of the exhibition displays portraits of Americans, taken a few years ago in a country that Neshat hardly recognizes any longer. Iran and the States are not so different now, she says.
.:. From an institutional point of view, it should be added that the artist was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Art Biennale in 1999, the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2009, and the Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo in 2017. Artworks exhibited at the PAC come from some of the world’s most important museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA, the Guggenheim New York, and Tate Modern. You do not need to be institutional, however, to feel impressed.

 PAC - Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea
Via Palestro 14
Palestro
Giardini district

  Tue-Sunday 12 noon-7:30 pm, Thu till 10:30 pm. Last entry one hour before closing
   Euro 8 / Euro 6.5
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