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Dec 2023

7m 10s

Episode 04: Backstory: Zanzibar

Sharjah Art Foundation

About this episode

Join curator Omar Kholeif as he walks us through the formal and contextual dimensions of a newly imagined presentation of ‘Zanzibar’ (1998–2023), a series of paintings by Lubaina Himid situated within a distinct sound installation created in collaboration with Magda Stawarska.

Backstory is available in both audio and video formats. To watch the video on YouTube, click here.

CREDITS

Host

Omar Kholeif

Artwork

Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska, Zanzibar (1998–2023)

Editorial and Content Producers

Jyoti Dhar, Kamayani Sharma, Mahshid Rafiei

Multimedia Producers

Dima Bittard, Ward Helal, Shafeek Nalakath Kareem, Unnikrishnan Suresh, Magdi Tawfig

Special Thanks

Nawar Al Qassimi, Zeina Kattan, Souraya Talal Kreidieh

© Sharjah Art Foundation, 2023

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