Depravities of War & American Qur’an

Selections from Sandow Birk's work

The Feldman Gallery + Project Space is proud to present two projects from the award-winning Los Angeles-based artist Sandow Birk. In Depravities of War Birk draws on Jacques Callot’s “Miseries and Misfortunes of War” to create a series of monumental woodcut prints, each measuring 48” x 96”, commenting on the debaucheries of contemporary warfare. Printed in collaboration with master printer Paul Mullowney of HuiPress in Makawao, Hawaii, this body of work features traditional woodblock printing techniques on Japanese paper. In the series American Qur’an, Birk hand-transcribes and illuminates the Holy Qur’an with scenes from contemporary American life.

Image: Sandow Birk, American Qur´an/Sura 97-98-99, 2008, Gouache and ink on paper, 19 × 27 inches

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