Al-Mutanabbi Before and After / In Words / Before and After in Words 2012
Sabina-Mariana Stan, Romania
| Al-Mutanabbi Before
and After / In Words / Before and After in Words
: Sabina-Mariana Stan, Bucharest, Romania, April 2012 The three books I have made represent my journey through discovering Al-Mutanabbi Street. The first book is my first impression of what I have read about what happened on Al-Mutanabbi Street in 2007 and is a story told in images of the street before and after the attack. The second book is a blending of languages, because I consider that knowing the language gets you closer to the culture of a country. I chose three: Romanian (my native language), Arabic (the official language in Iraq) and English, because it's an international language. The third book is a combination of the first two and shows what I retained from this experience. I like to believe in a better future, and it depends on us to make it so, and for that we should cherish the present and remember the past, so that, in this case especially, we don't repeat it. Mixed, media, 20 x 20 cm Sabina-Mariana Stan trained at the National College of Computer Science, Tudor Vianu 2003 and the National University of Arts Bucharest, Faculty of Decorative Arts and Design, Tapestry 2010. Recent exhibitions have included the Lasi Art Museum; Art Galleries, Focsani; Parliament House, Brancusi Hall, Bucharest; Museum of Art, Constanta. sabinam.stan@yahoo.com |