LEENA NAMMARI
Leena is a Palestinian artist living in the diaspora. She explores the role Haneen plays in collective cultural consciousness, its nostalgia and mythmaking, where tensions of longing/belonging function as catalysts in artistic and cultural dialogue for displaced communities.Her work draws inspiration from her homeland, the ancient city of Jerusalem, Ramallah, and the neighbouring hills, echoing years of living in and visiting a divided and suffering land.
Using mainly photographic and diverse printmaking techniques, she creates artworks that explore lived, remembered, and mythologised experiences as visual responses to contemporary Palestinian literature, reflecting the search for home and longing.
EMBROIDERIES 2019/20
The cyanotypes reflect the restrictions on Palestinian culture and the stifling of ancient ways of life for Palestinian society.
Each square takes a sample of the well-known Palestinian motifs – tall palms, moon and stars, roses and olives - and surrounds them with barbed wire, restricting them to a small square.
Work Details
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Embroideries 2019/20
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Cyanotype on Watercolour paper with cross stitch
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28x28cm each x 4
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Unique edition of 4
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All four £800