FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Doris Bittar, "Stripes and Stars"
Oil Painting
October 14 - November 14, 2007
Opening Reception: Sunday October 14 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Frank Pictures Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue Santa Monica, Begamot Station A-5, CA 90404
310. 828-0211 / 323 839-6166 cell
E-mail, Laurie@frankpicturesgallery.com
Web site, http://www.frankpicturesgallery.com
Gallery hours, Tuesday – Saturday, 11:30am-6:30pm
Doris Bittar Baghdadi Bride 1, 2007, Oil on canvas, 24" x 30".
Doris Bittar was born in Baghdad Iraq of Lebanese parents and immigrated to the United States from Beirut as a child. Bittar was featured in the Arab American National Museum's inaugural exhibition in 2005 and actively exhibits with Jewish, Israeli, Palestinian and Arab American artists. Throughout her career, Bittar has combined art-making and teaching with writing and activism. Bittar's community and conflict-resolution work include creating and facilitating Jewish-Palestinian dialogue groups and writing on Middle Eastern art and politics. Doris Bittar teaches at the University of California, San Diego and taught at the American University of Beirut. About Stripes and Stars, a series of paintings begun after 9-11, Bittar states, "After the tragedies of 9-11, I wanted to explore what happens when the most profusely patterned flag in the world encounters the most profusely patterned culture in the world. The American flag is conveyed in varied states and layered with Middle Eastern patterns. Stripes and Stars marries seemingly oppositional motifs to probe intertwined concepts of loyalty, identity, nationalism, and power."
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