COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
Resilience of Al-Mutanabbi Street
Creator:
Kermaire, Christine
Description:
Red paper with fragments of quote (in Arabic) from Kant's Critique of Pure Reason pasted to gray paper. Stitched in red silk thread, with trailing ends; bound accordion-style in covers of black-and-gray houndstooth-print fabric over pasteboard. Housed in a hand-made, balsa wood case. Created for the "An Inventory of Al-Mutanabbi Street" project to commemorate the 2007 car bombing on al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad, which was the heart and soul of the Baghdad literary and intellectual community. Issued in an edition of 300, signed and numbered by the author.
Subject:
History in art
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
Quotations in art
Subject:
Violence
Subject:
War
Subject:
Women artists
Contributor:
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804
Date:
2011
Coverage:
Baghdad (Iraq)
Coverage:
Iraq
Language:
Arabic
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
1 volume ; 9 cm
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Accordion fold books
Format/Medium:
Balsa (wood)
Format/Medium:
Boxes (containers)
Format/Medium:
Clothbound books
Format/Medium:
Miniature books
Format/Medium:
Rubber bands
Format/Medium:
Silk (textile)
Source:
Resilience of Al-Mutanabbi Street, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Identifier:
b12962533
Identifier:
i12403428
SCAD Location:
Jen Library (Savannah)
