THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Vicky Goldberg
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| "Bullet Revisited #3" (2012) by Lalla Assia Essaydi |
MASSACHUSETTS---Middle Eastern women, supposedly powerless and oppressed behind walls and veils, are in fact a force in both society and the arts. They played a major role in the Arab Spring and continue to do so in the flourishing regional art scene — specifically in photography — which is alive and very well indeed. Some Middle Eastern photographers have taken their cameras to the barricades, physical ones and those less obvious, like the barriers erected by stereotypes, which they remain determined to defy. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, takes note in “She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers From Iran and the Arab World,” an ambitious and revealing exhibition of work by 12 women, some internationally known. [
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| "Mother-daughter-doll" (2011) by Boushra Almutawakel |
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: “She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers From Iran and the Arab World,” (Ends Jan. 12); Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts; (617)267-9300; mfa.org
