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Fazal Sheikh: The Erasure Trilogy
Fazal Sheikh
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The Erasure Trilogy explores the anguish caused by the loss of memory-by forgetting, amnesia or suppression-and the resulting human desire to preserve memory, all seen through the prism of the Israeli-Palestinian confl ict. Memory Trace, the fi rst book in the trilogy, depicts the ruins caused by the Arab-Israeli War of 1948: portraits of those traumatized by violence, devastated landscapes and fragments of buildings. This visual poem suggests the irreparable loss of a lingering past that augurs a painful and diffi cult future. Tracing the ironic consequences of David Ben-Gurion's dream of settling the Negev and making the desert ... Read more
The Erasure Trilogy explores the anguish caused by the loss of memory-by forgetting, amnesia or suppression-and the resulting human desire to preserve memory, all seen through the prism of the Israeli-Palestinian confl ict. Memory Trace, the fi rst book in the trilogy, depicts the ruins caused by the Arab-Israeli War of 1948: portraits of those traumatized by violence, devastated landscapes and fragments of buildings. This visual poem suggests the irreparable loss of a lingering past that augurs a painful and diffi cult future. Tracing the ironic consequences of David Ben-Gurion's dream of settling the Negev and making the desert ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Steidl
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Gottingen, Germany
ISBN
9783869308050
SKU
V9783869308050
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Fazal Sheikh: The Erasure Trilogy
One of the most comprehensive works about the land of Israel, visual or otherwise, succeeding at once as artistic creation and critical inquiry.
Alex Cocotas The Awl
Alex Cocotas The Awl