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“Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here,” a really wonderful project created by poet Beau Beausoleil, is an exhibition of 261 artist books made by 260 international artists/artist teams from 24 countries. These books were made to reflect upon the March 5, 2007 car-bomb attack that took place in Al-Mutanabbi Street, the ancient street of booksellers, poets and writers, located at the literary and cultural heart of Baghdad, Iraq. The collection of artists’ books reflects both the targeted attack on this street of the booksellers as well as the ultimate futility of those who try to erase thought. This project is both a lament and a commemoration of the singular power of words. |
A photograph from my series "Stories End" is included in the online exhibition "My Sense of Place" that accompanied an exhibit by Kiki and Seton Smith at Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ |
"The Sea" |
A one-person exhibition of my etchings is in the show "Time to Leave" at Lewis Latimer House Museum, 34-41 137th St. Flushing, New York City (12-minute walk from the last stop on the # 7 subway: Main St.) October 12 - December 13, 2019 Open Wed, Fri, Sun. 12:00 – 5:00 pm. |
2020 is starting to look busy. |
The Freyberger Gallery at Berks State College in Reading, PA invited me and seven other artists to create work based on the humanities for an exhibition, "Humanities and the Arts" opening January 16, 2020. I'll be exhibiting new photopolymer etchings that continue my series about refugees: "Time to Leave," and an installation of sewn Risograph prints from my book project about migrant children in US custody. |
"Do You Want, Do You Need" 2019, 26.5 x 33.5" |
One of the etchings from my "Time to Leave" series will be on exhibit in Berlin, Germany at Institut für Alles Mögliche curated by Dorit Jordan Dotan in the exhibition "i am/ an immigrant" Opening March 5, 2020 |