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Going beyond the veil
Two exhibits highlight the lives of Brooklyn Muslims
boats, and photos that communicate
the complex identities of Muslims in
America. The wide variety of art reflects
contemporary style, rather than
using Arabic script, patterend tiles, and
veils associated with older, Middle Eastern
iconography, said Ferrer.
Cultural blend: (Above) Artist Asif
Mian stitched together Persian
rugs and polyester carpets to represent
her Iranian family’s assimilation
into American culture. (Left)
Mona Saeed Kamal’s installation,
“1001 Migrations,” at Bric’s “Beyond
Geographies” exhibit, features
1,001 paper boats to represent
the movement of people
across borders.
“Brooklyn is such a center of contemporary
creation, so I wanted to include
artists using contemporary subject
matter,” she said. “There’s no one
monolithic Muslim identity.”
“An Opening” at Brooklyn Historical
Society 128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton
and Henry streets in Brooklyn Heights.
(718) 222–4111. www.brooklynhistory.
org. Open Wed–Sun, noon–5 p.m. $10
($6 for seniors and teachers, students
free).
“Beyond Geographies” at Bric
House 647 Fulton St. at Rockland
Places in Fort Greene, (718) 855–
7882, www.bricartsmedia.org. Open
through mid-November; Tue–Fri, 11
a.m.–7 p.m,; Sat and Sun, 11 a.m.–5
p.m. Free.
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By Rose Adams
Brooklyn Paper
We’re doubling down on Islamic
art! A pair of Brooklyn galleries
are shedding light on the experience of
the borough’s Muslim residents through
sculptures, prints, projections, and multimedia
exhibits. The twin display of
work by Muslim artists marks a milestone
for Kings County, according to
one curator.
“There really hasn’t been a show of
Muslims artists in Brooklyn,” said Elizabeth
Ferrer, who organized a 35-piece exhibit
for Fort Greene arts group Bric.
The two shows, at the Bric House
and the Brooklyn Historical Society in
Brooklyn Heights, expand on the Society’s
oral history project “ Muslims
in Brooklyn ,” which launched in December
of 2018.
The new show at the Historical Society
consists of a single installation,
titled “An Opening,” which pairs recordings
of those oral histories with
large prints that collage barely legible
words and blacked-out sentences into
black-and-white shapes. The images depict
a feeling of uncertainty, according
to the artist.
“I wanted the sounds of people thinking,”
said Kameelah Janan Rasheed. “I
kept coming back to this idea of tuning,
of coming in and out of these stories.”
The images reflect the sounds and occasional
gaps in communication found
in the recordings, which visitors can
hear through headphones.
“You hear laughing, snorting, chuckling,
going back and trying to reframe
something,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Bric exhibit “Beyond
Geographies,” opening on Sept. 13, will
offer a splash of color, with sculptures,
video projections, and photography that
bring to life the experiences of its eight
Muslim artists.
In one room-sized installation, Iranian
artist Morehshin Allahyari projects
images of jinn, spiritual beings
from Islamic mythology, on the wall
behind a statue of a woman with tentacles
and exaggerated features, as a
way of making a feminist statement,
said the show’s curator.
“She takes one jinn that she refigures
as a feminist figure,” said Ferrer.
“It’s a way of taking agency.”
The exhibit also includes deconstructed
Persian rugs, colorful paper
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