SYNCHRONICITY OF FEMINISM AND ART IN THE WORKS OF SHIRIN NESHAT: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DE BEAUVOIR'S FEMINIST THEORY AND SHIRIN NESHAT’S WORKS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Tarih Okulu Dergisi, cilt.19, sa.81, ss.2260-2286, 2026 (TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 81
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.29228/joh.77061
- Dergi Adı: Tarih Okulu Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2260-2286
- İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
From the beginning of the 21st century, a new movement has started within the members of artistic communities and the theorists which were taking into focus the presentation of their viewpoints and opinions that was indeed regarding the condition of women and the oppression against them. It is the very same Feminist theory, peaked by the ideas and existentialist theories of Simone de Beauvoir as he became the Feminist leader of the world by authoring a book titled: “Second Sex”. Along with the growth of Feminist theory, female artists have oriented their artistic practice by asking questions on the following topics: the position of women in the art history, the difference between the works of art by female and male artists, different female artists of the world. As a contemporary artist, Shirin Neshat is now standing at the peak of this movement and her ideas are not far from de Beauvoir. The question is that, to what extent the ideas and notions of Simone de Beauvoir were impactful on the images that Shirin Neshat has created as her work of art? Is there a meaningful conceptual link between these two points of view? In this research, a comparative study will be done by referring to library documents and the work of visual arts by Shirin Neshat in order to find affinities between their statements. Shirin maintaining a critical and feminist view about women and their standing in the society, following Simone de Beauvoir's existentialist theories.