First Person: Recent Palestinian Art

ART – MUSIC – CULTURE

Exhibition
19 April – 24 May 2013

 

First Person: Recent Palestinian Art


by guest curator

Mary Evangelista

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“Marbles War No. 4, 2007” by Hani Zurob

In the course of a research trip for a story on Israeli art, New York-based critic and curator Mary Evangelista was introduced to a number of outstanding young Palestinian artists. Evangelista’s editor refused to include these artists in the magazine, but the experience ignited in Evangelista an ongoing interest in Palestinian contemporary art. This exhibition will offer a first-person account of one curator’s venture into Palestinian contemporary art through a selection of painting, sculpture, mixed media, photography, and video works. Artists include Hani Zurob, Taysir Batniji, Said Abu Shakra, Farid Abu Shakra, Samir Salameh, Nabil Ananni, Ahmad Canann, and Shadi al Habib.