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HOME Lockdown 2020-22 (Selected pages) Published October 2022 . Available at Waterstones
Extensively illustrated, this special signed & numbered limited edition book (with one limited edition print from the HOME series) features drawings and paintings made during the pandemic lockdowns; a visual memoir marking a pivotal moment in world history, from a personal point of view. With a critical essay by Dr Shakir Mustafa, the publication seeks to throw light on art made at a particularly challenging time in our collective memory. When homes across continents shut off to the ‘outside’ world, I found myself inviting people ‘inside’ my otherwise very private world; my HOME, albeit through art! Surrounded by ceramics, sculptures and paintings I love, viewers joined me for a soothing ‘cuppa’ on my turquoise sofa, an ‘istikan of love’, ‘tea with dates and Matisse’, fruits from a treasured glass basket, or simply a wind-down with orchids, tulips and sunflowers, around that ‘magical glass table that never knew how magical it was until lockdown’!
ISBN 978-0-9559586-1-8 Signed and numbered limited edition of 150, with one limited edition print from the HOME series. Soft cover, 156 pages 23x28cm, 145 colour reproductions.
MAYSALOUN FARAJ Wood Cutouts
MAYSALOUN FARAJ Bird Symphony Paris 2015
@scenearabia 13 May 2020 By Dalia Awad
SELECTIONS Cultural Narratives | Selections #44
Iraq's Past Speaks to the Present John Addis Islamic Gallery British Museum London 2008
Hadeethun Akher Interview with Ricardo Karam London for AlSharqia TV Channel 2013
Strokes of Genius: Contemporary Iraqi Art Maysaloun Faraj (Editor) Saqi Books London 2001
Forces of Change: Arab Women Artists
Selwa Mikdadi NashashibiInternational Council for Women in the Arts & National Museum for Women in the Arts Washington USA 1994
Occupied Space: Art for Palestine Palestine Solidarity Campaign & Qattan Foundation London 2006
Contemporary Arab Art Dale Egee Wereldmuseum Rotterdam Netherlands 2001
The Middle East in London First Issue London 2004
Arts & the Islamic World Issue No 29 Article by Therese Rinaldi London 1996
Uyoun Arabiya Arabian Eyes Exhibition of Arab women artists at Beit al-Sirkal Sharjah UAE 1995
Wilfred Thesiger epic meeting in preparation for Strokes of Genius: Contemporary Iraqi Art 1995
Al-Bayan Uyoun Arabiya Exhibition of Arab women artists at Beit al-Sirkal Sharjah UAE 1995
Stolen Dreams A documentary directed by Christine Garabedian and introduced by Raghi Omar following the artists Maysaloun Faraj, Hana Mal Allah and Rashad Selim in the lead up to the exhibition: Sophisticated Ways in the Destruction of an Ancient Cityheld at Ayagallery 2007. A two-part online feature is viewable on Witness. London 2007
Word into Art: Artists from the Modern Middle East Venetia Porter The British Museum Press London / DIFC Dubai 2008
Word into Art: Artist from the Modern Middle East
VenetiaPorter The British Museum Press London 2006
Contemporary Arab Women's Art: Dialogue of the Present Fran Lloyd Womens Art Library London 1999
The Middle East in London SOAS Conference Stacey International London 2001
Master Strokes The October Gallery in collaboration with Lulu al-Humoud London 2002
Artists for Human Rights Trust International Print Portfolio Universal Declaration of Human Rights Commission Durban South Africa 1999
Argile Gallery Blenhiem Crecent London 1994
Sayyidaty by Waheeda al-Miqdadi London 1992
Hello! 1995