Rapture and Turbulence :

                                                               
                        
     by Shirin Neshat



“I'm an artist, not an activist. I don't have an agenda. I'm creating work simply to initiate a dialogue. That is all. I do tend to show the stereotype head on and then break it down. There's the stereotype about women – that they're all victims and submissive – they're not. Slowly, I subvert that image by showing in the most subtle and candid way, how strong these women are.”