Words Have Power, Partial view installation
Acrylic paint, collage on canvas
120x100cm 48x40"
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Statement
Women's Rooms
Houses of Memories
Remembering is one of the greatest things we do.
My time living abroad has been spent reflecting on and remembering my own life's experiences.
Living in the Middle East for over 15 years has given me a chance to learn to live with different nationalities, ethnicities, ideologies and religions, and to learn that we are not different in our basic needs of joys, yearnings and comforts. It has given me a chance to reflect on my own culture, and to reflect how my background has influenced my life, my values, my choices.
I started writing down memories from childhood in 1995 when I lived in Saudi Arabia, and since coming to Dubai. I found that I could remember more of my childhood by the houses where I have lived in my lifetime. So, this installation is called "Houses of Memories".
The house shape is also my symbol for my spirit, for my soul, for the inner place where "I" dwell. I like to think that the size of the house shape in the center of my installation is a reflection of how my spirit has grown because of my experiences living abroad.
Finally, the house is more than mine alone. It is where each person "lives". All of the different skin tones, patterns of dress, manners of praying, or colors of passports do not alter the commonality of soul and spirit; this is what I have found to be true.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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