Name/TitlePorcelain Paper Clay Tablet
About this objectSmall porcelain tablet made from Porcelain Paper clay, printed from hand-made Palestinian embroidery by Leena Nammari. The embroidered image is a cypress tree, found on village women's dresses. There is a small hole in the top corners, where the tablet was exhibited using map pins. Leena provides context for the artwork:
"In 1948, 424 villages and towns ceased to exist, and Palestine was erased from maps. The inhabitants left out of fear, some forced out, some were killed in their homes, in their villages and on the roads. Those who left, found themselves in refugee camps in other parts of Palestine: the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and elsewhere. Since then, more villages were ethnically cleansed and erased. And it continues to this day."
MakerNammari, Leena
Maker RoleArtist
Edition / 626
Portfolio TitleAbsence does not mean forgetting 2
Date Madec.2022
Period2020s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, Porcelain Paper clay and paper
Place MadeScotland
MeasurementsH: 122 x W: 53 mm (tablet)
Subject and Association Keywordscontemporary art & design
Subject and Association KeywordsAsylum seekers, refugees
Subject and Association Keywordswar & conflict
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://leenanammari.co.uk:
Leena Nammari is a Palestinian artist printmaker based in Scotland. She has exhibited within Scotland and Europe, as part of group exhibitions and has had a number of solo exhibitions. She is a master printmaker, in all aspects of printmaking, and though her ideas predominantly are analysed and broken down through printmaking processes, she has also worked in film, photography, bronze and ceramics ... She has used her Palestinian heritage and background as a basis to all her work, subtly loaded with the politics of the many, but always reflecting the personal. As all Palestinians, she has had her fair share of personal brushes with the occupation, whether personally having grown up there, through frequent visits home, or through her own family history; stories told and untold; mythologies embellished, and mythologies elaborated and folklores established. Her images have something amiss in them, a sadness, an abandonment, a loss, something lacking, wrong, unclear, allowing a little pause in the viewer, a reflection, a slight abstraction and a flight of fancy, allowing the viewer to question a little what they have seen.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeArtwork
Object numberGWL-2024-17
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved