Research Catalog

Title

Sonia Balassanian / Omar Kholeif.

Author

Kholeif, Omar

Publication

• London ; [Berlin] : Sternberg Press, [2022]
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

Sternberg Press, publisher.

Description

95 pages : illustrations; 16 cm.

Summary

"The many worlds of Sonia Balassanian, an Iranian American political artist of Armenian descent who came to renown in the 1980s and early 1990s. 'Imagine Otherwise' is an anthology of books on queer, non-binary, or female-identifying artists who have produced a substantial body of work but may have no publication concerning their art or life in print at the time of commissioning. The overall proposition, to "imagine" a world "otherwise," stems from the desire to find a different way of looking, writing, and reading about art. Can art be examined unreservedly, unburdened of the limits imposed by any perceived "dominant hand" of hegemony? In the first volume of the series, author Dr. Omar Kholeif reveals a deeply personal portrait of Iranian Armenian American artist Sonia Balassanian. Weaving through poetry, memoir, and historical anecdote, Kholeif explodes the edges of the New York art world, tracing the contours of Balassanian's world."

Series Statement

Imagine otherwise ; volume 1

Subject

• Palasanean, Sonia, 1942-
• Armenian American artists > Biography
• Women artists > Biography

Genre/Form

Essays.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Hello, Sonia/Hello, World! -- A preamble -- A biography of a sort -- A poem begins a line, emerges a painting, or a life's work -- The political tides are changing -- Take me to the other side! -- Sense and sensuality -- Afterword: dream of a life, of a body.

Call Number

N6537.P235

ISBN

• 9781915609076
• 1915609070

LCCN

• 2023289049
• 40031738440
• 9781915609076

OCLC

• on1369770924
• 1369770924
• SCSB-14576433

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries