Exhibition Documentation
Letters | الحروف : How Artists Reimagined Language in the Age of Decolonization
This exhibit, which was on display at the Bernice Layne Brown Gallery in Doe Library from March 13th, 2023 to August 31st, 2023, was the culmination of a Fall 2022 curatorial seminar in the Art History department, HA 192Cu: Exhibiting Calligraphic Modernism.
Curators: Drew Atkins, Riana Azevedo, Lynn Cunningham, Sharan Dulai, Eva Elfishawy, Mohamed Hamed, Teddi Haynes, Murtaza Hiraj, Viv Kammerer, Shanti Knutzen, Marissa Lee, Anneka Lenssen, Val Machado, Jasmine Nadal-Chung, Reyansh Sathishkumar, A. Wara, Alice Xie, Jinyu Xu, Suri Zheng, and Hayley Zupancic
Acknowledgements: Dr. Salman Ahmad and The Sadequain Foundation, Nina Bayley, Adam Benkato, Lynn Cunningham, Lily Farhoud, Mohamed Hamed, Aisha Hamilton (exhibition designer), Jane Taitano al-Jumaie, Saleh al-Jumaie, Joan Kask, Tom Lyons, Susan McElrath, Kathryn Neal, Zubair Simab, Dr. Melike Sümertaş, Teoman Tezcan, Dan Vaccaro, and Julie Wolf for help and guidance.
Read curator interviews for further discussion of the formulation and execution of the exhibition:
In rare form: Student-curated exhibit at UC Berkeley Library tells story of artists who used Arabic alphabet as elements in postcolonial art (UC Berkeley Library)
‘World class’: Students showcase Arabic calligraphy at Doe Library exhibit (The Daily Californian)