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Der Greif 16 — Common Love — Shirin Neshat
Guest-edited by Shirin Neshat
“I often look to poetry for inspiration. Ahmad Shamlou’s ‘Common Love’ speaks powerfully to our universal humanity. Whether individually or collectively, we all confront grief and trauma. Finding that common ground reminds us we are not alone. Naturally, seeing others endure similar hardships bonds us together and gives us hope. We create art and culture to transcend our differences. The strongest works are those that unite people through shared, unspoken emotion.”
— Shirin Neshat
Inspired by the resonant line “I am a common pain, scream me” from Shamlou’s poem, Der Greif teamed up with Shirin Neshat to invite creators worldwide to transform shared pain into a collective voice.
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Shirin Neshat is an Iranian-born artist and filmmaker living in New York. Neshat works and continues to experiment with the mediums of photography, video and film, which she imbues with highly poetic and politically charged images and narratives that question issues of power, religion, race, gender and the relationship between the past and present, East and West, individual and collective through the lens of her personal experiences as an Iranian woman living in exile.
Neshat has held numerous solo exhibitions in museums internationally including the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; The Broad, Los Angeles; Museo Correr, Venice, Italy; and the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
Neshat has directed three feature-length films, Women Without Men (2009), which received the Silver Lion Award for Best Director at the 66th Venice International Film Festival, Looking For Oum Kulthum (2017), and most recently Land of Dreams, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival (2021).
She is represented by Gladstone Gallery in New York and Goodman Gallery in London.
Cover Photo by Julie Batteux
Contributing Artists: Alfred Marseille, Ali Lorestani, Ali Mobasser, Alicja Kochanowicz, Amin Yousefi, Ana Misskind, Anastasia Arsentyeva, Andrea Graziosi, Andrew Kung, Angel Hugo, Angelika Kollin, Anna Guseva, Anna Kadykova, Anna Martynenko, Asafe Ghalib, Atoosa Farahmand, Azad Amin, Becky Jaffe, Bubi Canal, Chandradev Surana, Claudio Ahlers, Claudio Eshun, Da Miane, David De Lira, David PD Hyde, Deirdre Brennan, Dmitry Ermakov, Emel Darvish, Emily Neville Fisher, Gabriele Orlini, Gabrielle Hall-Lomax, Ghada Khunji, Giulia Theodoli, Hadas Itzkovitch & Anya van Lit, Harlan Bozeman, Heidi Kirjavainen, Hossein Fardinfard, Ingeborg Everaerd, Juan Páez, Julie Batteux, Kamzy Ekuma, Katerina Tsakiri, Kristina Knipe, Ladan Osman, Lana Bliadze, Lucia Jost, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, Maazin Kamal, Maddie Swainhart, Malcolm Hutcheson, Marek Czarnecki, Margara De Haene, Maria Siorba, Maryam Firuzi, Maryam Rajabzadeh, Marylise Vigneau, Md. Zobayer Hossain Joati, Mouneb Taim, Negin Kazemi, Negin Mahzoun, Neil Kramer, Njaheut Gilles Valer, Pamela Hanlan, Paola Martínez Fiterre, Pär Johansson, Reza Zeidi, Richard Boll, Rongguo Gao, Roya Alagheband, Serena Salerno, Sina Taheri, Soore Vahe, Sophie Merlo, Stephen Joyce, Stephen Ross Goldstein, Sydney A Foster, Thao Bui, Themba Mbuyisa, Toni Wilkinson, Travis Flack, Varvara Gorbunova, Vijay S. Jodha, Wendy Marijnissen, Weronika Jędrzejczak, Will Pippin, William Rice, Zexuan Zeng.
Art Direction & Layout Simon Lovermann, Leon Kirchlechner
