Conversation(another) with Nuveen Barwari

Nuveen Barwari’s expansive studio practice involves gathering and repurposing artifacts from her community such as worn Kurdish clothes, fabric, and used rugs to investigate the multiplicity of materials, their inherited history, and cultural meanings. In her work, textiles are used as a tool of resistance, embodying the fluidity and adaptability of language. Instead of focusing on what is often lost through translation, Barwari explores the shapes and symbols that are found when living between clashing cultures, languages, and materials. Through a combination of collage,painting, textiles, and installation, Barwari investigates the intricacies of assimilation, material culture, and the contradictions of diasporic identities. Her work often alternates between the decorative and the interrogative, as she seeks to unravel cultural symbols, redraw borders, and reimagine the space between the homeland and the host land. From IG collaborative post with The Next Contemporary gallery in Toronto.

This conversation with Nuveen found us talking about falling in love, that Kurdistan IS a real place, the formal beauty in her work, and overlaying a map of Nashville in her region of NY.

Dive into her work on IG @nuveenbarwari or her website

https://nuveenbarwari.com/

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Nuveen Barwari
𝙈𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣
Latex Paint, Beaded Fabric, Canvas