Arabic-L:GEN:Palestinian Women's Art Catalog

[Dilworth B. Parkinson]

>Announcing Latest Title by Andalus Publishing:
>
>Self Portrait: Palestinian Women's Art
>
>Jumana Emil `Abboud, Iman Abu Hamid, Hanan Abu Hussein,
>Suheir `Isma`il Farraj, Manal Murqus, A`ida Nasrallah,
>Faten Fawzy Nastas, Ahlam Shibli, Manar Zu`abi
>
>Curator: Tal Ben Zvi
>Essays: Kamal Boullata and Tina Malhi Sherwell
>
>Editors: Tal Ben Zvi and Yael Lerer
>Design: Sharif Waked
>
>English, Arabic, and Hebrew. Color. 188 pages. 149 NIS / $50
>(Includes overseas shipping).
>
>"Self Portrait" is the catalog of an exhibit that was scheduled to
>open at Al-Wasati Arts Center, East Jerusalem, in October 2000, and
>in Tel Aviv, and  Bethlehem soon after. These exhibits had to be
>postponed indefinitely due to the Al-Aqsa Intifada. Thus, to date,
>the only existence the exhibit "Self Portrait" has, is in catalog
>form.
>
>"Self Portrait" deals with the modes of representation of women
>artists in a multi-faceted and changing Palestinian reality. It is
>an attempt to examine - in relation to the concept "self portrait" -
>the intimate spheres of women artists' lives, the ways they define
>their identities, and the cultural and artistic arenas in which they
>operate.
>
>The exhibit, including Tal Ben-Zvi's referential overview, presents
>the work of nine Palestinian women artists from both sides of the
>green line and, through the essays of Kamal Boullata and Tina Malhi
>Sherwell, the work of Palestinian artists in the diaspora. Veteran
>Palestinian artist and art scholar Kamal Boullata's detailed sketch
>of three Palestinian women artists' groundbreaking work over the
>last century (Zulfa al-Sa`di, Juliana Seraphim, and Mona Hatoum),
>coupled with art scholar Tina Malhi Sherwell's examination of the
>representation of women in Palestinian art, locate the work featured
>in this exhibit in the context of Palestinian art in general.
>
>"Self Portrait" can be found in bookstores.
>
>For more information: <mailto:andalus at andalus.co.il>andalus at andalus.co.il
>To order by phone: 972 (0)3 511-7065 (pay by credit card)
>To order by mail: Andalus Publishing, POB 53036, Tel Aviv 61530 (pay
>by cheque).

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