Traces of survival : drawings of refugees in Iraq / selected by Ai Weiwei ; edited by Tamara Chalabi and Philippe Van Cauteren.
Material type: TextPublication details: [Antwerp] : [Baghdad] : Mercatorfonds ; RUYA Foundation for Contemporary Culture in Iraq, [2015] Description: 151 p. : ill. (chiefly color) ; 30 cmISBN: 9789462300941; 9462300941; 9780300218206; 0300218206Subject(s): Drawing, Iraqi -- 21st century -- Exhibitions | Refugees as artists -- Iraq -- Exhibitions | Internally displaced persons -- Iraq -- Exhibitions | Refugee camps -- Iraq -- Exhibitions | Iraq -- History -- 2003- -- Exhibitions | Iraq -- In art -- ExhibitionsLOC classification: NC992.I73 | T73 2015Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Jameel Library | NC992.I73 T73 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 77016549 |
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Drawings of refugees in Iraq selected by Ai Wei Wei -- Camp Shariya -- Camp Baharka -- Camp Mar Elia -- Catalogue -- Camp Shariya -- Camp Baharka -- Camp Mar Elia.
"Traces of Survival communicates to the world visually the tragedies that have befallen entire communities in Iraq due to the ISIS onslaught that has left over 1.8 million people internally displaced. The drawings in this book were created by the refugees in three camps in northern Iraq. Representatives from the Ruya Foundation took simple art materials to the camps--sketch books, pencils, felt tip pens, pastels, erasers and sharpeners--and invited people to tell the world about their feelings and experiences through their drawings and words ... The project was devised as an exhibition to accompany the Iraq Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2015, commissioned by the Ruya Foundation. All 350 drawings are included in the book and Ai Weiwei's selection of 80 is prominently presented. Traces of Survival will be launched at the Venice Biennale in May 2015 with proceeds from sales going to the artists"-- Condensed from OCLC.
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