The Looting of the Museum of Art, by Hanaa Malallah

Item Data

Creator

Malallah, Hanaa’
هناء مال الله
Hanaa Malallah (1958-) 
Hanāʼ Mālallāh
Hanaa Malallah 
Hana Malallah

Date

2003

Item Source

Peter Hastings Falk, Contemporary Iraqi Art: Catalog of an exhibition of rotating artworks from the Pomegranate Gallery's collection by Iraqi artists (New York: Pomegranate Gallery Press and Falk Art Reference, 2007), p.14

Description

Compare also "سرقة المتحف العراقي" and "The Looting of the Museum of Baghdad."

Created on wood that the artist has cut, burned, and painted --- an example of her "Ruins Technique".

Relation

Louisa Macmillan, "Ruins Technique," October 2014 Hanaa-Malallah.com

Compare also "سرقة المتحف العراقي" p.195 in Art in Iraq Today, curated by Dia Al-Azzawi, Charles Pocock ; edited by Samar Faruqi. Milano: Skira, 2011
(N 7267 .A78 2011 catalog record) = Catalog of an exhibition held at Meem Gallery, Dubai (SA), 2011

Hana Malallah (Iraqi, b. 1958) "The Looting of the Museum of Art" Lot 178 in Christie's Live Auction 8060 Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part II, 24 Oct 2012 

Format

Cut and Burned Wood, 38½ x 38½ inches (98 x 98 cm)