Searching Through the Other
Dublin Core
Title
Searching Through the Other
Subject
LibArt 2023
Description
I consider this my first exploration of rebar as a material and as a symbol of my Arab identity. As a material, I find it compelling that rebar is can only be seen when a building is destroyed, otherwise it is invisible. As the child of a Syrian immigrant, the talks of Syrian history and the civil war is something embedded in my mind, and a place of war and destruction is unfortunately what people perceive Syria as. The disoriented rebar figures came about as a response to the Syrian civil war, but also addressing the normalization of associating destruction and famine to the Arab world.
Creator
Nada Bayazid
Date
2023
Rights
Held by creator
Format
Oil on Fabric on Panel
Collection
Citation
Nada Bayazid, “Searching Through the Other,” KU Libraries Exhibits, accessed December 8, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/items/show/8900.