Public Artwork
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Artwork creator(s):
Hassan, Jamelie
Text author(s):
Hassan, Jamelie
Installation year:
1993 Description:
Photography placed in a billboard
Text of the artwork:
40 TONS of nuclear waste was fired by
the
coalition
forces
into
Iraq
during
the
Gulf
War…
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Adam’s tree
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leukemia
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palm forest
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children
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mysterious disease
Text theme:
Invasion of Iraq, war victims, health of the Iraqi population, contamination and environmental devastation through nuclear pollution
Artwork theme:
Invasion of Iraq, war victims, health of the Iraqi population, contamination and environmental devastation through nuclear pollution
History:
1. General History: Exhibited in Canada, England, Germany and India, thanks to grants in the following communities: Center for Studies Baalgisian, Ontario New Democratic Party (London North Central), Canadian Education Opportunities, Islamic Center of Southwestern Ontario, Palestinian Cultural Center, London (ON), and People of Conscious.
2. Background: Organized by Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The exhibition features the works of artists Edward Poitras, Grant McConnell, Jamel Hassan and Kay WalkingStick. Guest: Joyce Whitebear Reed.
Event: Exhibition The post-colonial landscape: a billboard exhibition, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 31-September 20, 1993. Exposure Hassan billboard: July-August 1993.
3. History: exhibition of the work coordinated by Sue Malvern, cultural critic, and the British Council.
Event: University Art Association Conference, University of Newcastle, Newcastle (England), 1996
4. History: exhibition of the work when American troops were poised to invade Iraq.
Event: domain of the Parliament, Ottawa, Ontario, 2001
5. History: exhibition of the work coordinated by Berlin members of the German Peace Council
Event: International Conference on Depleted Uranium (DU), Hamburg, Germany, 2003
Event: domain of the Parliament, Ottawa, Ontario, 2001
5. History: exhibition of the work coordinated by Berlin members of the German Peace Council
Event: International Conference on Depleted Uranium (DU), Hamburg, Germany, 2003
Note(s):
The artwork envelope can be easily stowed in a box and transported.
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