{"product_id":"sonia-balassanian-omar-kholeif-9781915609076","title":"Sonia Balassanian","description":"\u003cb\u003eTravel from the monasteries of rural Armenia to the exhibition halls of MoMA in the first comprehensive monograph of Iranian American artist Sonia Balassanian.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this deeply personal portrait of Sonia Balassanian (b. 1942, Arak), an Iranian American artist of Armenian descent, author Dr. Omar Kholeif weaves together poetry, memoir, and historical anecdote to trace the contours of Balassanian's world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a career spanning more than five decades, Balassanian is known for her multidisciplinary, politically charged practice that spans painting, poetry, photography, video, installation, performance, and drawing. At the heart of her corpus are colorful, large-scale, lyrically abstract paintings that she began in the 1960s. In the 1980s, after she had moved to New York, her work took a political turn following the Iranian Revolution. Balassanian drew newfound attention for \u003ci\u003eHostages: A Diary\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), an installation of drawings that mapped the experience of following the Iran hostage crisis from the United States, and for \u003ci\u003eCauterized Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), a mixed-media series of burnt books mounted on canvas that comments on censorship in Iran. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBalassanian lives and works between New York and Armenia. This is the first comprehensive monograph of her art and life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished by Sternberg Press in collaboration with artPost21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Omar Kholeif\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915609070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915609076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sternberg Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs","brand":"Omar Kholeif","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076558942463,"sku":"9781915609076","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a754cad-137d-49f7-aad0-10d4edebdd1d.jpg?v=1685465639","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sonia-balassanian-omar-kholeif-9781915609076","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}