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Iranian women’s involvement in the Iran-Iraq War and the Islamic Revolution.

Source:http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/486834

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The feet are covered in Persian calligraphy, with rebellious poetry by the Iranian female poets.

Net, Media Art. “Media Art Net | Neshat, Shirin: Allegiance with Wakefulness.” Medien Kunst Netz, Media Art Net, 29 Aug. 2017, www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/allegiance-with-wakefulness/.

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The feet in the picture seems innocent and small which can be believed that it's a woman's feet. The gun in between the feet can represent darkness which is used to contrast to the paleness of the feet.

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What is the message the artist is trying to convey (concepts)?

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What is the message the artist is trying to convey (concepts)?

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Shirin Neshat’s photographic series tells us the issues of Women's identity in the middle of changing the cultural landscape in the middle east from both the perspective of western representation of muslim women and through the more intimate subject of personal and religious conviction.

Source:
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/global-contemporary/a/neshat-rebellious

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In the picture, you can see feet covered with Persian calligraphy. You can also see that there is a gun between her feet. This might suggest that the 'story' behind the artwork is  about women who are using words as weapons to defend themselves against sexist people

Source: http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/allegiance-with-wakefulness/

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The artist used a darker tone throughout the art piece. The tone of the gun is darker, maybe to represent a deeper and sinister meaning to it.

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Artist: Shirin Neshat (B. 1957)
Title: Allegiance with Wakefulness.
Medium: Black-and-White resin-coated print and ink.
Size: 51 1/8 x 40in. (130 x 103.5cm.)

Source: http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/shirin-neshat-b-1957-allegiance-with-5221589-details.aspx

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The words on her feet can be a interpreted as bullets that are being shot at the her enemy.

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The use of black and white creates a mysterious and dark mood. The soles of her feet are lighter compared to the darker shade of the gun creates a balance between the two objects. The darker shade may symbolise the evilness of the gun and her feet and the writings on it may symbolise good and purity.

Source:
Avary. “Wake up to Find out That u r the Eyes of the World.” Shirin Neshat's "Allegiance with Wakefulness", 1 Jan. 1970, avarysspot.blogspot.com/2010/10/shirin-neshats-allegiance-with.html.

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Her works mainly explore gender issues in the Islamic world, particularly the various dimensions of women’s experience in contemporary Islamic society.
https://teachartwiki.wikispaces.com/Shirin+Neshat,+Women+of+Allah+Series

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Shirin Neshat is an Iranian visual artist. She was born on March 26, 1957.
She left her country to study art in the United States (University of California) at 17 years old but when she returned in 1990, she found out it was unrecognizable from the Iran before the 1979 revolution.

“Shirin Neshat.” Shirin Neshat Biography – Shirin Neshat on Artnet, www.artnet.com/artists/shirin-neshat/biography.

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line-the artist used line in many different ways, there are the smooth organic lines in the outline of her feet, the complex lines of the writng on the poem on the soles of her feet. and the hard diagonal line of the gun pointed at the audience

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line-the artist used line in many different ways, there are the smooth organic lines in the outline of her feet, the complex lines of the writng on the poem on the soles of her feet. and the hard diagonal line of the gun pointed at the audience