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alia ali... one of many, Published by Hatze Kantz, 2025

Rather than a monograph, a drawing of one, Alia Ali presents with this book a multi-graph, a drawing of many. Ali deconstructs artificial binaries to examine inherited political narratives—diaspora, identity, borders—through the lens of photography, language, textile, and architectural installations. A map of patterns emerges, interwoven with artist statements, research images, exchanges with collaborators, and fragments of her journals. Words and images draw us simultaneously into the micro musings of the artist’s mind and zoom out to a macro reflection of the global and communal nature of the artist’s practice. Ali’s multi-graph is a textural experience in which each page is folded upon itself, leaving one wondering at what is invisible in plain sight.This extraordinary book also impresses with its special form of Japanese binding. Alia Ali (*1985, Austria) is a Yemeni-Bosnian-American multimedia artist who lives and works in New Orleans, Paris, Marrakech, and Jaipur. Her interdisciplinary works combine photography, textiles, language, and installations to challenge cultural identities and political narratives. Ali’s works have been exhibited worldwide and are renowned for their vibrant patterns, profound themes, and innovative artistic approaches that transcend the boundaries between tradition and modernity.

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Gillian Laub's Family Matters

Gillian Laub's solo exhibition "Family Matters" at the International Center of Photography is on view until Jan 10, 2022. Recent press in The New Yorker, Vulture, Vanity Fair and

WSJ Magazine

Doug Hall's The Way Things Look

Recent MOMA acquisition of Doug Hall's "The Way Things Look, 1974." The acquisition was made possible with support from the Samuel J. Wagtstaff, Jr. Fund

Jeffrey Milstein's We All Fly

A new gallery at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC is set to open in 2022 dedicated to general aviation and its impact on everyday life and influence on society. This new space, Thomas W. Haas "We All Fly" gallery will permanently display seven large scale Jeffrey Milstein aircraft works in their collection.

Michael Najjar nominated for Prix Pictet 2019

Gillian Laub (American b. 1975), Amber and Reggie, Mount Vernon, Georgia, 2011, inkjet print, © Gillian Laub

Gillian Laub exhibits "Southern Rites" at Chazen Museum of Art

Southern Rites

KangHee Kim in British Journal if Photography (BJP)

Golden Hour by KangHee Kim

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