Essays about: "art in exile"
Found 3 essays containing the words art in exile.
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1. President of Crimea. Constitution : Author(s) Autonomous Republic of Xena-Maria
University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för Konst (K)Abstract : In this essay, two voices are heared, from two women: a certain artist Xena, who talks about her life and its dramas, interwoven with her own experiences from her diaries; and the voice of Maria, who analyzes Xena's life story and her art, diffracted through the prim of the history of 21stC art. Art the outset, "President of Crimea. READ MORE
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2. Tatreez Online : The Transformation of a Palestinian Tradition
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien-, Mellanöstern- och TurkietstudierAbstract : Traditional Palestinian embroidery (tatreez) played an important role as a form of indigenous language in Palestinian culture before the Nakba, the 1948 mass displacement of Palestinians from their homeland. After the exile of the Palestinian population and through the subsequent conflicts and occupation in the decades since the Nakba, tatreez has become a symbol of Palestinian resistance, represented in art and dress as a way to demonstrate the history of the Palestinian people, their attachment to the land of Palestine, and their continued struggle for justice. READ MORE
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3. Contemporary Iranian Women Artists in Exile - Art Embodying Feelings of Estrangement between Place of Origin and USA
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studierAbstract : .... READ MORE