Artist Talk
This event has been postponed.
Exhibition
Sama Alshaibi: All the Things We Carry (New York)
March 11 - April 10, 2020, 10:00AM EST
19 Washington Square North
Past Event
Open to the Public
All the Things We Carry features photogravures of Sama Alshaibi as artist, subject, and Arab woman. The portraits, marked by objects transformed into sculptural headdresses, challenge clichéd representations of Middle Eastern women established through Orientalist photography from the 19th and 20th centuries. By using the labor-intensive photogravure printing process patented in the 1850s, Alshaibi references photography’s role in creating a dominant narrative of how Arab women are seen while offering a restorative and expanded vision of their identities.
Sama Alshaibi is a multimedia artist whose work has been featured in over 20 national and international solo exhibitions as well as several prominent biennials. She is Professor of Photography, Video and Imaging at the University of Arizona, Tucson
Sama Alshaibi: All the Things We Carry is curated by Grace Aneiza Ali, Assistant Professor and Provost Fellow, Art & Public Policy, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU.
Image Caption: Sama Alshaibi, The Harvest, from the project Carry Over, 2019, photogravure blind embossing with transparent ink relief rolled on Stonehenge White 100% rag paper, Edition of 8, 25 x 20 inches
Exhibition is open Monday to Friday, from 10am to 5pm. Please call the 19 Washington Square North reception desk at (212) 992-7200 prior to arriving to ensure the exhibition is available for viewing.
All the Things We Carry features photogravures of Sama Alshaibi as artist, subject, and Arab woman. The portraits, marked by objects transformed into sculptural headdresses, challenge clichéd representations of Middle Eastern women established through Orientalist photography from the 19th and 20th centuries. By using the labor-intensive photogravure printing process patented in the 1850s, Alshaibi references photography’s role in creating a dominant narrative of how Arab women are seen while offering a restorative and expanded vision of their identities.
Sama Alshaibi is a multimedia artist whose work has been featured in over 20 national and international solo exhibitions as well as several prominent biennials. She is Professor of Photography, Video and Imaging at the University of Arizona, Tucson
Sama Alshaibi: All the Things We Carry is curated by Grace Aneiza Ali, Assistant Professor and Provost Fellow, Art & Public Policy, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU.
Image Caption: Sama Alshaibi, The Harvest, from the project Carry Over, 2019, photogravure blind embossing with transparent ink relief rolled on Stonehenge White 100% rag paper, Edition of 8, 25 x 20 inches
Exhibition is open Monday to Friday, from 10am to 5pm. Please call the 19 Washington Square North reception desk at (212) 992-7200 prior to arriving to ensure the exhibition is available for viewing.