Heart / Homeless

Exhibition Launch: Thursday, 4th April 2019, 18:30 - 21:00

Exhibition Dates: 5th April - 18th May 2019

In her first solo exhibition in London, Heart/Homeless, Palestinian American artist Manal Deeb, expands upon the themes of exile, identity, and feminism featuring 32 paintings and digital artworks, plus 5 video works.

In Hidden she superimposes symbolic Arabic calligraphic forms over a tranquil image of her face. Using only abstractions of letters that do not form words, and enveloping them as a veil over the face, she creates a mystery of unspoken thoughts, while exposing the hidden strength she finds in the feminine and in her culture. This image is part of a series exploring the perceptions and misperceptions of Palestinian women, whose identities are overlaid with societal expectations and obstacles.

In New Palestine, she ventures into digital art, her arm raised in salute to the hope of a new world for Palestine, but also interpreted as a survivor rising from a sea of disappointments.

Deeb is a Palestinian-American artist born in Ramallah, Palestine. She lives in Fairfax, Virginia. Her education in both Studio Arts at the University of Illinois, Chicago and in the Psychology of Art at George Mason University support her artistic explorations of the psyche of the Arab female in exile.