Analysis of Artistic Use of Media Discourse: A Case of Neshat’s Women of Allah Cover Image

Analiza umjetničke upotrebe medijskog diskursa na primjeru fotografskog ciklusa Women of Allah
Analysis of Artistic Use of Media Discourse: A Case of Neshat’s Women of Allah

Author(s): Dragan Ćalović
Subject(s): Philosophy, Media studies, Photography, Islam studies, Sociology of Art
Published by: Centar za filozofiju medija i mediološka istraživanja
Keywords: archaeology of representation; art; meaning; Shirin Neshat; women of allah;

Summary/Abstract: In this text, author analyzes artistic use of media discourse in Shirin Neshat’s work Women of Allah. Analysis is conducted through examination of elements that are related with meaning production. The elements that are taken in consideration are chador, weapon and farsi text. Text shows that author, by applying specific artistic approach, destabilizes interpretation of photographs, by which she attract viewer to examine his/her own approaches to reading.

  • Issue Year: 5/2016
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 1451-1466
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Croatian