Description
Experience the evocative journey of Palestinian French artist Taysir Batniji through his remarkable photography collection, "Home Away from Home." This captivating book is a profound exploration of displacement, cultural identity, and the ever-elusive concept of home. Batniji, a distinguished recipient of the Immersion program by Fondation d’entreprise Hermčs and Aperture Foundation, presents a rich tapestry of photographs, family archives, videos, drawings, and writings. Each piece intricately reveals the varied experiences of his family's immigration from the Middle East to the United States, highlighting a shared state of 'between-ness.'
Since arriving in France in 1995, Batniji has been passionate about examining themes of exile and mobility. In this collection, he deepens his understanding of his American cousins during visits to Florida and California, capturing their daily lives and environments through stunning visual narratives. This thought-provoking work poses essential questions about shared histories, the meaning of belonging, and the reshaping of identities amidst new surroundings.
Add "Home Away from Home" to your art book collection today—it's not just a book; it's a window into the complexities of family, identity, and belonging in a modern world.
Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW | ISBN: 9781597114462 | Year: 2018 | Publisher: Aperture.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781597114462
Year: 2018
Publisher: Aperture
Description:
Palestinian French artist Taysir Batniji is the third recipient of Immersion, a French American Photography Commission, a program launched by the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès in alliance with Aperture Foundation. In Home Away from Home, Batniji brings together photographs, selections from family archives, videos, drawings, and writings to explore the sense of dislocation and the different ideas of "home" experienced by various members of his family who immigrated to the United States from the Middle East. As Batniji explains, "The state of 'between-ness'—cultural as well as geographic—is an issue that has preoccupied me since I first arrived in France in 1995. Exile, displacement, and mobility are themes that have driven my work for many years."
The work Batniji has created, during visits to Florida and California, strives to connect to and understand his "American cousins" through their daily lives, the objects that surround them, and the homes they have made. The resulting photographs and portraits, interviews, and sketches from memory of the family homestead in Gaza question what it means to share a history, even among relative strangers—and what happens to a sense of the past and of belonging when opting for new identities and new homes.
Copublished by Aperture and Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
Since arriving in France in 1995, Batniji has been passionate about examining themes of exile and mobility. In this collection, he deepens his understanding of his American cousins during visits to Florida and California, capturing their daily lives and environments through stunning visual narratives. This thought-provoking work poses essential questions about shared histories, the meaning of belonging, and the reshaping of identities amidst new surroundings.
Add "Home Away from Home" to your art book collection today—it's not just a book; it's a window into the complexities of family, identity, and belonging in a modern world.
Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW | ISBN: 9781597114462 | Year: 2018 | Publisher: Aperture.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781597114462
Year: 2018
Publisher: Aperture
Description:
Palestinian French artist Taysir Batniji is the third recipient of Immersion, a French American Photography Commission, a program launched by the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès in alliance with Aperture Foundation. In Home Away from Home, Batniji brings together photographs, selections from family archives, videos, drawings, and writings to explore the sense of dislocation and the different ideas of "home" experienced by various members of his family who immigrated to the United States from the Middle East. As Batniji explains, "The state of 'between-ness'—cultural as well as geographic—is an issue that has preoccupied me since I first arrived in France in 1995. Exile, displacement, and mobility are themes that have driven my work for many years."
The work Batniji has created, during visits to Florida and California, strives to connect to and understand his "American cousins" through their daily lives, the objects that surround them, and the homes they have made. The resulting photographs and portraits, interviews, and sketches from memory of the family homestead in Gaza question what it means to share a history, even among relative strangers—and what happens to a sense of the past and of belonging when opting for new identities and new homes.
Copublished by Aperture and Fondation d’entreprise Hermès