Artist Statement Shredded Land (2011), from the Wounded Land series (2009-12). Papier mache made from Closures Maps of the West Bank & Jerusalem (July 2004), 64 × 55 cm. Photo by Udi Katzman. Courtesy of the artist. Artist Statement: Wounded Land grew out of a series of artworks called Border Land, created in 2000–07. Witnessing the violence, new walls, […]
Archive: October, 2012
Negar Ahkami
Artist Statement The Source (2009). Acrylic and glitter on gessoed panel, 48 × 54 in. Photo by Adam Reich. © Negar Ahkami. Courtesy of Jasanna and John Britton and the artist. Artist Statement: My paintings draw inspiration from Iran’s patterned-art traditions and elaborate blue-tiled mosques. I apply multiple layers of congealed gesso and acrylic mediums, and […]
Shirin Neshat
Artist Statement Rebellious Silence (1994). B&W RC print & ink, photo by Cynthia Preston. Copyright Shirin Neshat. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Artist Statement: In 1993-97, I produced my first body of work, a series of stark black-and-white photographs entitled Women of Allah, conceptual narratives on the subject of female warriors during the Iranian […]
Reza Farkhondeh and Ghada Amer
Artist Statement Reza Farkhondeh and Ghada Amer, Apples and Petunias (2011). Watercolor and embroidery on paper, 51.5 x 82.5 inches. Courtesy Cheim & Read, New York. Artist Statement: GHADA: The first question is, how can one “write” painting in the feminine? Then there is the question of beauty: how to convey an emotion and a feeling of […]
Laila Shawa
Artist Statement Laila Shawa, Night and the City (2008). Acrylic on canvas, 39 3/8 x 78 3/4 in. Photo by Joanna Vestey. Courtesy of the artist. Artist Statement: Growing up in the Middle East, where many diverse cultures live in close proximity, I learned to speak several different languages. Speaking different languages helps one understand how complex problems […]
Fatimah Tuggar
Artist Statement Fatimah Tuggar, Robo Makes Dinner (2000). Computer montage (inkjet on vinyl), 108 × 45 in. Courtesy of BintaZarah Studios, New York. Artist Statement: Borrowing from the realms of advertising, popular entertainment, folklore, and the experiential, I use technology as medium, subject, and metaphor. My goal is to explore the diverse effects of power […]
Monira Al Qadiri
Artist Statement Stills from Wa Waila (Oh Torment), 2008 Short film 10:04 minutes Courtesy of the artist The Tragedy of Self (series 3), 2009 Photographs with paint and gold leaf on canvas 47 ½ x 51 1/8 in. (120 x 130 cm); each 15 ¾ x 13 ¾ in. (40 x 35 cm) Courtesy of […]
Forthcoming Issue: Volume 38, Number 2 — Winter 2013
Below is the table of contents for Signs‘s forthcoming Winter 2013 issue. Articles “Without These Women, the Tribunal Cannot Do Anything”: The Politics of Witness Testimony on Sexual Violence at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Jonneke Koomen Microfinance and the Gender of Risk: The Case of Kiva.org Megan Moodie The Trouble with “Queerness”: Drag […]