Juxtapoz Blog

Tagged in: San Francisco , Painting , Los Angeles Sep 02, 2009
Nathan Spoor
Posted by: Nathan Spoor



Sandow Birk's American Qu'ran

In possibly his most ambitious and controversial statement to date, Southern California high-concept artist Sandow Birk embarks on a mission to present his own, personal journey into understanding and re-interpreting the Koran (above: Sura 1).

For a full in-depth view into the work and the discussions surrounding its release (or existence even), please take a look at the New York Times article on Sandow Birk's latest body of work (click below):

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/arts/design/30fink.html

Sandow Birk in studio

Artist's site: www.sandowbirk.com

Exhibition information:
September 2009
(Opens Sept 12 with Culver City Artwalk)
American Qur'an 
Koplin del Rio Gallery
Los Angeles, CA

September 2009
American Qur'an
Catharine Clark Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
 

Click here to view artist's statement and selected works.

All works are ink and gouache on paper, 16" x  24".

15_kdr-01-026434c.jpg
 "American Qur'an - Sura 4 (a)" 
15_sura-37-c.jpg
 "American Qur'an - Sura 37 (c)" 

 


[ Back ]
Comments (1)Add Comment
feedSubscribe to this comment's feed
JBforth
events
written by JBforth, November 01, 2009
Wow, so much going on in all of these posts, Dan May's work is beautiful...

Write comment
Have something to say? Login or Register to comment

busy

shamrocks
100Best_button

Like it? Share it!

.

Art galleries, shops/galleries, and museums that we like, organized thus:

New York (Brooklyn, New York City, etc.)

Northern California (Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, etc.)

Southern California (Los Angeles, etc.)

Elsewhere in the U.S. (Listed by state, alphabetically)

International (Listed by country, alphabetically)

 To submit your gallery for our guide, please send the following information to katie@juxtapoz.com
Gallery name, URL, street address including city, state, country, postal code, and phone number.