Tracing the Arab World
by Susu Attar
Curated by Dana El Masri
May 1 – 29, 2018
Painter and installation artist Susu Attar takes over the IAO to transform the windows and gallery into a welcoming place to reflect. The exhibition features Susu Attar’s delicate paintings that explore images of family, place, and the hazy realm of perception.
This exhibition was curated by Dana El Masri, for Scent and Society: MENA
ABOUT SUSU ATTAR
Susu Attar is a multi-media artist born in Baghdad and raised in Los Angeles. Her works draw from life in both cities, exploring the space between diasporic memory and the documentation of loss.
By highlighting the visual vocabulary of early home photography, the work distinguishes itself from today’s selfie culture where everything is perfectly posed. Utilizing paint to remind the viewer that what they see is not reality but an object, her work aims to move away from the false sense of actuality that photography often transmits and toward the possibilities of imagination.
In April 2017 Susu curated ICONIC Black Panther: Los Angeles at Gregorio Escalante Gallery in L.A.’s Chinatown for SEPIA Art Collective. The exhibition featured works from over 50 artists exploring the 50-year history of the Black Panther Party.
Susu received her Bachelors of Arts in Painting and Conceptual Information Art from San Francisco State University in 2007.