transparency, embossing; title on center front; symbol on lower LH, front
Type of Print
Inkjet, Linocut
Artwork Details
Medium
Paper
Acquisition
Accession
2009.02
Source or Donor
May Hariri Aboutaam
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Hariri Aboutaam
Made/Created
Artist
May Hariri Aboutaam
Date made
2005
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Signature
Location
Lower RH side, front
Transcription
May Hariri Aboutaam
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Print
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Dimensions
Height
16 in
Width
20 in
Exhibition
Re-Interpreting the Middle East: Beyond the Historical Stereotype (2008)
Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Cultural/Historical Context
Label
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.
