Shirin Neshat

Unveiling #1

"Unveiling #1", 1993. © Shirin Neshat / Courtesy of Gladstone Gallery.

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Introduction

Created in 1993, the photographic artwork "Unveiling #1" presents itself to the viewer as a profound visual and conceptual paradox: a woman's face emerging from the absolute darkness of a chador, her skin entirely covered in dense Farsi calligraphy.

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