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Museum number: 2019,6007.1
Title: Object: Honour Killing
Description: Painting of women hanging from a tree.
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Production date: 2006
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Dimensions: Height: 73.50 centimetres; Width: 52.50 centimetres
Curator's comments: Kahraman's work is mostly painted on linen; this is a rare work on paper. Her style is influenced by Islamic miniatures, East Asian calligraphic traditions and the Italian Renaissance. She draws on her own experience, often of her native Iraq, with observations of the Iraq war and of gender in Islam. This work shows the bodies of women wearing black chador or niqab veils hanging from the branches of a tree.
Bibliographic references: Amirsadeghi, Mikdadi, Shabout 2009 / New Vision: Arab Contemporary Art in the 21st Century (p.178-179); McGrew 2018 / Hayv Kahraman (Artist Monograph); Al-khudhairi, Zaya & Mignolo 2018 / Hayv Kahraman (Artist Monograph)
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition date: 2019
Department: Middle East
Registration number: 2019,6007.1
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