San Francisco — Open from July 5 to September 21 is MOURNING AND MELANCHOLY: ARTISTS' BOOKS FROM THE ARAB WORLD AND ITS DIASPORA, a group exhibition curated by Maymanah Farhat at the San Francisco Center for the Book. Highlighting artists' books, ephemera, zines, and video art, the exhibition brings together an incredible range of pieces from an eclectic selection of artists such as:
- Islam Aly
- Joyce Dallal
- Ganzeer
- Ghassan Ghaib
- Kaleem Hawa Fattaleh
- Rhonda Khalifeh
- Lena Kassicieh
- Yazan Khalili
- Donia Maher
- Ahmad Nady
- Zeinab Saab
- J. Reem Salloum
- Andrea Shaker
- Patricia Ward
For Ganzeer's participation, Maymanah chose to include a number of all-collaborative publications such as THE APARTMENT IN BAB EL-LOUK (created in collaboration with Donia Maher and Ahmad Nady, with translation by Elisabeth Jaquette), WE ARE ALL THINGS (with Elliott Colla and introduction by Molly Crabapple), and the Ganzeer-edited ZINE EL-ARAB #1 and #2.
Both THE APARTMENT AND BAB EL-LOUK and WE ARE ALL THINGS are available from their respective publishers (Darf and Radix, respectively) and ZINE EL-ARAB is available for free download.