burqas
These garments were made in collaboration with my mother. Displayed on mannequins and used in performance, the works combine a quintessentially "Muslim" form with "western" materials. The garments include one burqa, a khimar with niqab, and a khimar. These garments exist on one end of the vast spectrum of garments worn by Muslim women globally. The form, however, is loaded with a particular cultural meaning in the United States post 9/11.
I was thinking about:
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Hybridity
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Lily Pulitzer is ridiculous
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I can think of very few fabrics that are truly “Western" bc of white folks tendency to steal culture, labor, and credit
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There is power in seeing without being seen
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There is power in being seen