Jumana Emil Abboud / The Horse, the Bird, the Tree and the Stone. From the exhibition at Bildmuseet 2017.
Jumana Emil Abboud / The Horse, the Bird, the Tree and the Stone. From the exhibition at Bildmuseet 2017.
Jumana Emil Abboud / The Horse, the Bird, the Tree and the Stone. From the exhibition at Bildmuseet 2017.
Magical beings, spirits in wells and demons in trees and caves inhabit Jumana Emil Abboud's multifaceted universe. Inspired by Palestinian folklore, she imparts new interpretations to stories and myths that she has collected. Through delicate paintings, poetic cinematography and oral performances, she explores personal and collective memories and what myths can tell us about ourselves, our history and the place where we live.
The exhibition touches on existential questions about identity, loss, longing and belonging. Abboud hails from her homeland of Palestine, but her work invites us to weave stories of our own.
Jumana Emil Abboud (b. 1971, Galilee) lives and works in Jerusalem. Her work has been exhibited at venues such as the Istanbul Biennial (2009); Acción! MAD-Festival, Madrid (2010); Sharjah Biennial (2011); Bodies that Matter, Galeri Man, Istanbul (2013); the Venice Biennale (2009, 2015); Baltic, Newcastle (2016); and Kunstraum, London (2016). This is the artist's first major solo exhibition in Scandinavia.
