Including work by JR and Shirin Neshat, ‘Eyes on Iran’ is a group public art activation in New York timed for the UN initiative, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
is a multifaceted public art installation, punctuating the spaces of New York’s FDR Four Freedoms State Park. Eye motifs have been staged in different scales throughout the park to examine the power of collective sight, with eyes facing the UN, signifying the world’s eyes on Iran.
In attendance at the opening ceremony for the exhibition, which took place yesterday, were former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, human rights lawyer and project director at the Atlantic Council Gissou Nia, as well as artists and singers supporting the liberation of women in Iran. The installation runs in line with both the UN initiative, ‘16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence’ .
Throughout the installation’s brief lifespan, billboards will be flown over New York on 3 December, and duringfeaturing works by Hank Willis Thomas and Mahvash Mostala. Within the park, an interactive installation by artist JR will take place on 4 December. On the wider role of the show, artist Shirin Neshat remarks ‘many artists throughout the diaspora our vision to ensure international audiences and institutions remain aware of what is happening in Iran and feel moved to respond.’
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