Narrative Threads
Palestinian Embroidery in Contemporary Art
Seiten
2025
Saqi Books (Verlag)
978-1-84925-081-8 (ISBN)
Saqi Books (Verlag)
978-1-84925-081-8 (ISBN)
In Narrative Threads, Joanna Barakat shows how Palestinian embroidery became a symbol of identity, resistance, and resilience. Featuring 24 artists, the book reimagines tatreez across media, celebrating heritage and challenging colonial narratives. Over 200 illustrations show its relevance in contemporary art.
For centuries, Palestinian women wrote the stories of their lives and land with a needle and thread. Their embroidery, or tatreez, inspired hundreds of artists who reinterpreted and transformed it into a symbol of Palestinian identity, steadfastness and resistance.
Narrative Threads celebrates the immense beauty and significance of Palestinian embroidery in contemporary art. Joanna Barakat documents and features more than 200 works by twenty-four established and emerging artists, who incorporate the motifs and symbolism of tatreez across diverse media – from painting, sculpture and textile to film, photography and street art. While some artists preserve traditional forms, others transform tatreez to explore themes of displacement, resilience and belonging. Together, their works offer a dynamic reflection on Palestinian heritage and identity.
With insightful essays by leading art historians Dr Tina Sherwell, Wafa Ghnaim and Rachel Dedman, Narrative Threads reveals the power of Palestinian embroidery as a visual language that recounts the past, connects us to the present and envisions a different, hopeful future.
For centuries, Palestinian women wrote the stories of their lives and land with a needle and thread. Their embroidery, or tatreez, inspired hundreds of artists who reinterpreted and transformed it into a symbol of Palestinian identity, steadfastness and resistance.
Narrative Threads celebrates the immense beauty and significance of Palestinian embroidery in contemporary art. Joanna Barakat documents and features more than 200 works by twenty-four established and emerging artists, who incorporate the motifs and symbolism of tatreez across diverse media – from painting, sculpture and textile to film, photography and street art. While some artists preserve traditional forms, others transform tatreez to explore themes of displacement, resilience and belonging. Together, their works offer a dynamic reflection on Palestinian heritage and identity.
With insightful essays by leading art historians Dr Tina Sherwell, Wafa Ghnaim and Rachel Dedman, Narrative Threads reveals the power of Palestinian embroidery as a visual language that recounts the past, connects us to the present and envisions a different, hopeful future.
Joanna Barakat is a Palestinian artist and gallery director. Barakat is founder of The Tatreez Circle, an Instagram platform celebrating Palestinian embroidery. Born in Jerusalem and raised in Los Angeles, she currently lives in Abu Dhabi.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.08.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 228 colour illustrations; 228 Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 210 x 270 mm |
| Gewicht | 1445 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84925-081-2 / 1849250812 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84925-081-8 / 9781849250818 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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