Jordan Nassar, Shade of the Cypress, 2023. Photo by Phoebe d'Heurle.
Jordan Nassar’s solo exhibition THERE at North Carolina Museum of Art curated by Jared Ledesma.
17 October – 29 December 2024
North Carolina Museum of Art, Winston-Salem, USA
The exhibition takes its title from a poem by Lebanese American poet and artist Etel Adnan, who explores themes of isolation and marginality in her prose. Featured is Nassar's large-scale Shade of the Cypress, alongside a selection of new work.
While Shade of the Cypress was created with craftswomen in Bethlehem, Hebron, and Ramallah, Nassar's latest embroideries were produced solely by him in his New York City studio due to current events in Palestine. Despite these challenges, and perhaps especially at this critical juncture, Nassar's work invites us to reflect on hybrid and diverse landscapes that, through varied perspectives, color combinations, and orientations, encourage meditation on homeland and the formation of selfhood.
For more information visit the North Carolina Museum of Art website.
