IMEU : Visual Arts

"Each tree was like a member of the family" - Olson on Palestinians and the land (Mondoweiss)

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:34:58 PST

Pamela Olson transports audiences with Palestine’s enchantments in her book, website, and talks. Fast Times in Palestine's ”Love Affair with a Homeless Homeland” describes the warm welcome of Palestine's famously generous people and their courage in outlasting the “unendurable.” Olson recently charmed receptive listeners at two hospitable Columbus churches–the First Unitarian Universalist, March 23, and St. John’s Evangelical Protestant, March 24–with stories like these, choosing different episodes for each gathering.

The Korn Gallery Presents: Palestinian Textiles (Korn Gallery)

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:17:48 PST

The Korn Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition, “Palestinian Textiles” from the Collection of Robert J. and Vivian A. Bull,” on view March 25th through April 24th, 2014. The Gallery is located in the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey and is open Tuesday through Friday 12:30-4pm, selected weekends and by appointment.

Hany Abu-Assad: Award-winning Filmmaker (IMEU)

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:27:20 PST

For award-winning Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, cinema serves as a tool of resistance. From escaping to the cinema as a child to his own 2006 Golden Globe winning and Oscar nominated film Paradise Now, Abu-Assad has utilized film as a means of exploring different manifestations of oppression.

A Young Doctor Fights The Depression Epidemic In Palestine (Bruce Upbin, Forbes Magazine)

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:54:17 PST

Forty percent of Palestinians are clinically depressed, a rate unmatched anywhere in the word. It's more than triple that of the U.S., ten times higher than in the U.K., and four to eight times higher than in Scandinavia, where the sun doesn't shine for a good part of the year. For Palestinian neuroscientist Mohammad Herzallah, this epidemic is an opportunity, if a tragic one, because it has made his country an ideal place to do groundbreaking research into the effects of depression on the brain.

Thought-provoking art exhibition imagines earthquake in Palestine (Daryl Meador, The Electronic Intifada )

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:01:56 PST

The exhibition Jericho - Beyond the Celestial and the Terrestrial appears small, compiled of one major work or installation by each of the five artists involved. But the show - now running at the Birzeit University Museum in the occupied West Bank - is built upon long processes of research and creativity, resulting in several extensive and atypical considerations of the city of Jericho. Part of the Cities Exhibition, founded by Ramallah-based artist Vera Tamari, it follows a series of other shows based on studies of West Bank cities. The past editions have focused on Jerusalem, Ramallah and Nablus.

Nablus was "the center of everything": interview with architect Naseer Arafat (Daryl Meador, The Electronic Intifada)

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:20:16 PST

Palestinian architect Naseer Arafat has dedicated much of his life and work to the restoration and preservation of buildings in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. Last year, his extensive research and work came to fruition as Nablus, City of Civilizations, an impressive and extensive architectural and historical survey of the ancient city.

Photo of Gazan funeral procession declared World Press Photo of the Year (Annie Robbins & Alex Kane, Mondoweiss)

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:10:30 PST

Judges for the 2013 World Press Photo Contest have awarded the Photo of the Year to Swedish photojournalist Paul Hansen for his photograph of a Gazan funeral procession taken during Operation Pillar of Cloud last November. The award is considered one of the most prestigious photojournalism honors in the world. The procession was for Fouad Hijazi and his two children Sohaib, 2, and Muhamad, 4, killed by an Israeli airstrike November 19, 2012.

"Gaza Fashion Week" comes to London art gallery (Sarah Irving, The Electronic Intifada)

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:59:44 PST

Britain is, it seems, becoming the place to see Palestinian contemporary art. After exhibitions in Manchester and London in 2012 devoted to or with major representation of Palestinian artists, the capital has now upped the ante with the opening of P21, a gallery specializing in work by Palestinian artists or engaging with the theme of Palestine.

Gaza refugee camps portrayed as vibrant and vulnerable in Palestinian contemporary art shown in London (Sarah Irving, The Electronic Intifada)

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:18:16 PST

Born and raised in Gaza, El Saqqa is justly proud of Despite, as the exhibition at the Richmix arts center in east London was called. He assembled this collection, along with Nicola Gray and the organization Arts Canteen. Despite has been an important exhibition for many reasons. It is probably one of the largest collections of art from Gaza ever shown, at least outside the Middle East. Nine of the sixteen artists represented at the December show are still based in Gaza.

Biennale seeks to boost Palestinian art (Dalia Hatuqa, Al Jazeera)

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:55:36 PST

Just a stone's throw away from Jerusalem lies a sleepy town with an infamous name. Qalandiya, a village bordering the holy city but divided from it by the Israeli separation wall, shares the same name as the hulking Israeli checkpoint between the West Bank and East Jerusalem. This week, the town of almost 1,000 came into the limelight for hosting the inauguration of the Palestinian Occupied Territory's largest biennale to date. Following in the footsteps of previous biennials, Qalandiya International (QI) will be held every two years.