Iranian Artist's Exhibition Challenges Travel Ban

Her incredible art skills got her exempt from the travel ban. Now, she's using her latest exhibit to take on the man behind the ban — Trump.

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00:00TRUMP ASKED FROM A LOT OF IMMIGRATION TO GET OUT FROM THIS COUNTRY AND NOW I SAID

00:18TO THAT TINY TRUMP GET OUT FROM MY EXHIBITION.

00:37THE TITLE OF MY EXHIBIT IS THE NAME OF MY VISA, ALIENS OF EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES, EB1A

00:44VISA.

00:46MY FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION IN THE UNITED STATES, SOMETIMES MATERIALS CALL ME THAT WHO AM I?

00:54I AM JAMES BROWN, I AM DAVID BOWIE, I AM MICHAEL BLOOMBERG.

01:08I NEED TO BE FREE TO SAY ANYTHING I WANT, TO BE MYSELF.

01:13IN MY COUNTRY, SOMEBODY MADE A LOT OF RULES AND THEN FORCED YOU TO FOLLOW ALL THOSE RULES.

01:21IF YOU SAY SOMETHING THAT GOVERNMENT DIDN'T LIKE, AS AN ARTIST, YOU WILL GO TO THE JAIL.

01:27I DIDN'T FEEL SAFE ANYMORE.

01:38ART CAN HELP ME TO SAY WHAT I WANT TO SAY.

01:43AS AN IRANIAN WOMAN WHO IMMIGRATED HERE, WE ARE LIVING IN THIS EARTH, IN THIS PLANET

01:52AND WE CAN SHARE OUR EXPERIENCE, WE HAVE TO RESPECT TO WHAT WE ARE.