Suleiman Mansour, UN Relief, 1984
The Boston Palestine Film Festival announces that world-renowned Palestinian artist Samia Halaby will give a presentation and slide presentation entitled The Art of Palestine on April 27, 2013. The talk will cover the visual arts (painting sculpture, and photography) in Palestine during the 20th century, with a focus on the art of the 1970s and 1980s and the transnational liberation movement that arose during that period.
Samia Halaby is a Palestinian artist, scholar, and art historian who has contributed immensely to building the genre of abstraction in Arab art. Born in Jerusalem in 1936, Halaby typically uses oil paints for her works, which are often large in size and influenced by nature, many featuring trees of Palestine.
Halaby, who lives in New York, was raised in Haifa until her family immigrated to Lebanon after the occupation of Palestine in 1948. In 1951, she moved to the United States. From 1963 to 1982, she taught art continuously at U.S. universities, including the Yale School of Art. Through her art, writing and curating, Halaby has actively advocated for the rights of Palestinians and raised awareness about their struggle. She has also curated major exhibits featuring the works of Palestinian artists.
Her paintings are held in several museum collections, including the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, The British Museum, the Guggenheim Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, and The Detroit Institute of Art.
This event is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THE ART OF PALESTINE
Presentation and slide show
by Samia Halaby
Saturday, April 27, 2:30 pm
Main Lecture Hall
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge, MA
Samia Halaby, A Jerusalem Window, 2000