This exhibition gathered by photographer Susan Meiselas reveals the story of the Kurdish people and their struggle for independence and survival over the past century.
The exhibition creates a living archive from scattered fragments, pulling together never-before exhibited photographs from private collectors, family collections, and national archives. Juxtaposing unforgettable images with text from diaries, newspaper stories, memoirs, and telegrams, Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History lets history speak for itself through the words of freedom fighters and farmers, missionaries and spies, diplomats and princes.

In bringing together these dispersed pieces, Susan Meiselas gives form to a collective memory, while showing how history itself is created from differing perspectives.

SPACE REQUIRED
100-130 linear meters
325-425 linear feet

CONTENTS
89 Standard Frames and 47 Unique/Antique Frames as well as several cases for original vintage material.

GALLERY GUIDE
Written by Art Historian Charles Merewether of the Getty Research Institute, this text provides background information for material in the exhibition.

 

EDUCATION
Advice on special events available.

LOAN PERIOD
Six weeks as standard, longer loans possible by negotiation. There is no reduction in loan fees for shorter exhibition periods.

TRANSPORT
Two-way transport to be covered, unless the work has travelled directly from a previous venue, when onward transport only is due.

ASSISTANCE
Susan Meiselas will assist throughout the installation process. Fee to be discussed.

AVAILABILITY
Early Winter 2003.

PREVIOUS VENUES
Museum fur Volkerkunde Hamburg (The Hamburg Museum of Ethnology)
Feb. 18-Sept. 30, 2001

Centro Cultural Conde Duque Madrid, Spain
June 22-July 23, 2000

Bellevue Art Museum
Bellevue, Washington
May 5-June 12, 2000

Hellenic American Union
Athens, Greece
June 4-July 16, 1999

Nederlands Foto Instituut
Rotterdam, Holland
Dec. 1998-Feb 1999

Impressions Gallery York, England,
Jan-April 1997

The Menil Collection
Houston, Texas
Feb-Mar 1996