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I Am My Own Guardian: Reflections on Resistance Art

I Am My Own Guardian: Reflections on Resistance Art THIRD S PACE I Am My Own Guardian Reflections on Resistance Art SAFFAA HASS A N EIN n November 2012 I published in a photo-essay a body of artworks titled IAmMy I Own Guardian to criticize the discriminatory laws requiring male guardianship of adult women in Saudi Arabia (Muftah 2012). This series consists of four images, each of a single, larger-than-life woman’s head wearing a headdress typically donned by Saudi men. The figure in each print uses rich black ink that strongly contrasts against vividly white paper. Two of the portrait visages look at the viewer (in black and white) and two look away (printed over a colorful, free-flowing cloud- like mist). I first exhibited the four portraits as large screen prints in November 2012 at Sydney College of the Arts as part of my honors degree. A small version of my artwork was included in a January 2015 Saudi exhibition in Jeddah titled Fast Forward: Inner Voices. Interestingly enough, when state representatives came to inspect the exhibit they showed no interest and raised no objections. This deeply personal project was born of frustration with a system that favors men over women. After posting my images on my Tumblr http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Middle East Women's Studies Duke University Press

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Copyright
Copyright © 2018 by the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies
ISSN
1552-5864
eISSN
1558-9579
DOI
10.1215/15525864-6680348
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Abstract

THIRD S PACE I Am My Own Guardian Reflections on Resistance Art SAFFAA HASS A N EIN n November 2012 I published in a photo-essay a body of artworks titled IAmMy I Own Guardian to criticize the discriminatory laws requiring male guardianship of adult women in Saudi Arabia (Muftah 2012). This series consists of four images, each of a single, larger-than-life woman’s head wearing a headdress typically donned by Saudi men. The figure in each print uses rich black ink that strongly contrasts against vividly white paper. Two of the portrait visages look at the viewer (in black and white) and two look away (printed over a colorful, free-flowing cloud- like mist). I first exhibited the four portraits as large screen prints in November 2012 at Sydney College of the Arts as part of my honors degree. A small version of my artwork was included in a January 2015 Saudi exhibition in Jeddah titled Fast Forward: Inner Voices. Interestingly enough, when state representatives came to inspect the exhibit they showed no interest and raised no objections. This deeply personal project was born of frustration with a system that favors men over women. After posting my images on my Tumblr

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Journal of Middle East Women's StudiesDuke University Press

Published: Jul 1, 2018

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