Name/Title
Winds that Scatter Broadcast, TheEntry/Object ID
2009.02.002Description
transparency, embossing; title on center front; symbol on lower LH, frontType of Print
Inkjet, LinocutAcquisition
Accession
2009.02Source or Donor
May Hariri AboutaamAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Mary Hariri AboutaamMade/Created
Artist
May Hariri AboutaamDate made
2005Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
SignatureLocation
Lower RH side, frontTranscription
May Hariri AboutaamLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PrintNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsExhibition
Re-Interpreting the Middle East: Beyond the Historical Stereotype (2008)Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Cultural/Historical ContextLabel
May Hariri Aboutaam was born in 1969 in Beirut, Lebanon. Aboutaam received her MFA at Boise State University 2003 where she taught foundation classes. Her work deals with exploring the concept of how memory manifests itself in the contexts of both place and self-identity. Her past and current installations involve time within colonial space, post-colonial space, and the engagement of a critical portrayal of the representation of the third world as the "other". Her experiences are contextualized by being a third world citizen living in the West during the post-September 11th saga in a state of “in-betweenness”. Profoundly aware of the construct of Orientalism, the Characterization of the Middle- East as trapped in the past is critically examined in her work, and the situational implications on the notion of identity, especially in the US.