{"product_id":"simone-fattal-9781915609359","title":"Simone Fattal","description":"\u003cb\u003eHans Ulrich Obrist leads readers into the world of path-breaking Syrian artist Simone Fattal in this intensely personal volume.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor over five decades, Simone Fattal (b. 1942, Damascus) has eschewed singular form or subject in her wide-ranging artistic practice. In this deeply personal biography, Fattal's close friend and confidante Hans Ulrich Obrist journeys with the artist across physical borders and through seats of imagination. Together they discuss the artist's remarkable early life in Syria, her coming-of-age in Lebanon, as well as her transcultural life in France. Wartime memory and exile in California, sow the seed for discussions regarding archaeology, history, and mythology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning her artistic life as a painter in 1969, Fattal initially created sensuous abstract works that diverged from the predominantly figurative paintings commonly exhibited in Lebanon at the time. In 1980, after a decade spent in Lebanon, Fattal fled the ongoing civil war, departing from painting, eventually settling in Sausalito, California, where she founded the revolutionary publishing house, Post-Apollo Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1988, after studying sculpture in San Francisco, Fattal was consumed by another wave of creativity that led her to pursue the creation of ambitious ceramic sculpture--a medium in which she continues to work in to this day from her studio in Paris. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProse and interviews between Fattal and Obrist are annotated and introduced by Dr. Omar Kholeif, whose essay helps situate Fattal's multiple creative journeys. An afterword by author, curator, and filmmaker Rasha Salti entitled \"Warrior Women Fall From a Low Height\" pulses, both in its lyricism and its expressive desire to solder and suture histories, once fractious, back together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in collaboration with artPost21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sternberg Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915609359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Hans Ulrich Obrist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45302289203381,"sku":"9781915609359","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ef63e155-61b0-4b20-9432-8ce63512269b.jpg?v=1744724977","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/simone-fattal-9781915609359","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}