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Date of Award
3-22-2015
Document Type
Thesis-ISU Access Only
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
School of Art
First Advisor
Elisabeth Friedman
Abstract
This thesis investigates the work of artists Lalla Essaydi, Shirin Neshat, and Shadi Ghadirian. Each artist engages in different ways with the complex histories of Orientalist discourses of representation. This includes the fetishization of the female subject and practices of veiling. Photography is the main vehicle by which the artists interrogate problematic Western ideologies and open up new spaces to think about the West's continuing colonial investments in the Middle East. Through the use of visually stunning imagery directly referencing Orientalist representations of the nineteenth century, the artists create an ambiguous space from which the viewer must negotiate and engage with these histories.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Elizabeth, "Challenging Representation: Lalla Essaydi, Shirin Neshat, and Shadi Ghadirian" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 388.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd/388
DOI
http://doi.org/10.30707/ETD2015.Smith.E
Page Count
121
Comments
Imported from ProQuest Smith_ilstu_0092N_10505.pdf