Lida Abdul

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Lida Abdul , born as Lida Abdullah (* 1973 in Kabul ) is an Afghan artist in the field of performance art and video art .

biography

Lida Abdul was born in Kabul. She lived as a refugee in Germany and India for five years after she had to leave the country due to the Soviet intervention . In the USA she received her BA in Political Science in 1997 and her BA in Philosophy from California State University, Fullerton in 1998 . In 2000 she received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine .

According to her own statement, with her art she combines " tropics " "western" formalism with the numerous aesthetic traditions - Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, pagan, normadic - which collectively influenced Afghan art and culture "(English:" ... fuses the tropes of " Western "formalism with the numerous aesthetic traditions - Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, pagan and nomadic - that collectively influenced Afghan art and culture."). Abdul has exhibited at events in Mexico, Spain, Germany, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan. There are also solo exhibitions in the Kunsthalle Wien (2005) and the Indianapolis Museum of Art (2008). In 2012 she took part in dOCUMENTA (13) .

In 2006 she received the Prince Claus Prize , and in 2007 she and Lara Almarcegui received the UNESCO Visual Arts and Digital Arts Award .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Gardner Museum: Lida Abdul - Artist Bio ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 27, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gardnermuseum.org
  2. ↑ a b Prince Claus Fund: Lida Abdul ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 27, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / princeclausfund.org
  3. ↑ Brooklyn Museum: Lida Abdul , accessed March 27, 2013
  4. ^ Lida Abdul: Bio , accessed March 27, 2013
  5. ↑ dOCUMENTA (13): Lida Abdul , accessed on March 27, 2013
  6. ↑ UNESO: 2007 UNESCO Visual Arts and Digital Arts Award , accessed March 27, 2013

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personal data
SURNAME Abdul, Lida
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abdullah, Lida (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Afghan performance and video artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Kabul