Heba Y. Amin co-curator of the group show 'History Is Not Here: Art and the Arab Imaginary' at Minnesota Museum of American Art, St Paul (08/10/2019)
Curated by Heba Y. Amin and Maymanah Farhat, 'History Is Not Here: Art and the Arab Imaginary' will be on view from September 12, 2019 to January 5, 2020 at the Minnesota Museum of American Art. The exhibition presents the work of 17 artists who address the term, 'Arab imaginary' as a means of examining a multitude of social, cultural, and political positions. Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Mizna’s (critical platform for contemporary literature, art, film, and cultural programming centering the work of Southwest Asian and North African artists) flagship art and literary journal, the exhibition’s roster is selected from the list of artists highlighted in its pages: Hamdi Attia, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou Rahme, Osama Esid, Fadlabi, Adelita Husni-Bey, Emily Jacir, Yazan Khalili, Joe Namy, Monira al Qadiri, Alaa Satir, Zineb Sedira, Athir Shayota, Nida Sinnokrot, Walid Siti, Raed Yassin, and Ala Younis.