PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Los Angeles–based artist Hayv Kahraman (born 1981) creates exquisite paintings and other wall works that address diasporic cultural memory, feminine collectivity and gender identity through her personal history as an Iraqi émigré first to Europe, then to the US. This artist's book explores how her visual language merges her biography as an immigrant in a multiplicity of styles—including Persian miniatures, Japanese illustrations and Italian Renaissance paintings—creating a discourse between Eastern “otherness” and Western concepts of beauty. The key figure in the paintings represents Kahraman as a colonized woman; the repetitive nature of her work and the act of shredding and mending presents a history of displacement, loss and trauma. The book includes never-before-published images of the artist's work and her performance texts, plus new essays and poetry.

BOOK INFORMATION

Trim Size: 6.75 x 9.75 inches

Number of Pages: 96

Binding Method: Smyth Sewn

Paper: Munken Lynx, white, 150gsm text

Typefaces: Graphik

CREDIT INFORMATION

Creative Director: Kimberly Varella

Art Director: Kimberly Varella

Book Designer: Kimberly Varella

Jacket/Cover Designer: Kimberly Varella

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Photographer: Pp. 5–6, 16–18: Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, photography: Ian Byers-Gamber; pp. 19–21: Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, photography: Jason Findley; pp. 28–29: © Hayv Kahraman, courtesy of the artist and Third Line Gallery, Dubai; pp. 53–69, 75–96: photography; Ian Byers-Gamber.

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