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Hayv Kahraman
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Challenging Stereotypes by Contorting the Female Form
Hayv Kahraman’s paintings compel viewers to acknowledge the potential pleasure of viewing contorted bodies in a position of pain.
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An Iraqi Artist Bears Witness to the Trauma of Displacement
Hayv Kahraman, a half-Kurdish Iraqi and naturalized Swede living in the US, is no stranger to identity politics.
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The Unsettling Urge to Find Beauty Amid War
At Jack Shainman Gallery’s The School, a show of four artists explores how our memories of a place can shift radically after war.
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An Artist Reanimates the Sounds and Signs of the Persian Gulf War
SAN FRANCISCO — Memory has always fascinated Hayv Kahraman, and she looks for ways to explore it in her art.
