{"id":26618,"date":"2023-06-04T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/?p=26618"},"modified":"2023-06-04T17:21:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T15:21:31","slug":"nasrin-abu-baker-the-markaz-review-featured-artist-june-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/nasrin-abu-baker-the-markaz-review-featured-artist-june-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasrin Abu Baker: The Markaz Review Featured Artist, June 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Despite being a city dweller, Nasrin Abu Baker<\/a> remains connected to earth and nature. You can see it throughout her art, regardless of the period, for she often works in earth tones with a wide range of natural materials. “I combine a variety of techniques including painting, sculpting, sewing and embroidery,” she explains. “The result revolves around a personal, intuitive, wild world that touches the realms of surrealism and fantasy. With that my works also touch social, religious and political \u00a0issues. There are references to well-known works of art, to mythological \u00a0stories; my work has a sense of humor and even religious and ceremonial dimension.”<\/p>\n

A versatile creator, Nasrin’s work often explores her identity and roots through feminist representation. She places woman in a sociopolitical context front and center in her works, exemplifying strength and determination. She works with locally gathered materials and attempts to create a dialogue between the local and the universal, mixing cultural symbols and peoples. In some of her paintings, she uses tar, in accordance with the German expressionist school. Nasrin intercedes in order to provide her own interpretation of images.<\/p>\n

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