The bilingual (English/Arabic) book includes five short stories based on observation that engage the reader with very particular yet uncannily recognizable characters and occurrences. This sense of recognition emanates from a certain quality the stories embody rather than in any specific details they convey. The specific cultural, aesthetic, and personal sensibility through which the stories are filtered is further revealed when considered in relation to the accompanying images of sculptural objects explicitly produced for this purpose and based on the demotic style of popular kitsch ornaments.

This book was published on the occasion of “The Twist,” a solo exhibition of Hassan Khan’s work at Objectif Exhibitions (September 3-October 22, 2011), curated by Mai Abu ElDahab.

Published by Sternberg Press, Objectif Exhibitions, and Galerie Chantal Crousel
Softcover
24 pages
10 color ill.
24 x 30 cm
Bilingual: Arabic / English