This Book Belongs To Its Owner is a photograph by Natasha Marco which was uploaded on October 16th, 2014.
This Book Belongs To Its Owner
This book belongs to its owner Fathallah Saad. He bought it with his own money at the beginning of March 1892. “AP 3851” from ex libris... more
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This Book Belongs To Its Owner
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Natasha Marco
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This book belongs to its owner Fathallah Saad. He bought it with his own money at the beginning of March 1892. “AP 3851” from ex libris (2010-2012) by Emily Jacir, translation and painted mural, Alexander and Bonin Gallery, New York, 2014.
The installation ex libris (2010-2012) commemorates the approximately thirty thousand books from Palestinian homes, libraries, and institutions that were looted by Israeli authorities in 1948. Six thousand of these books are kept and catalogued at the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem under the designation “A.P.” (Abandoned Property). Jacir photographed these books during repeated visits to the library. Her work not only addresses the looting and destruction of books but also raises questions regarding repatriation and restitution. She also translated selections of the handwritten inscriptions from the books and exhibited them on billboards. For the New York presentation of ex libris, one of the inscriptions was painted on a 25 x 50 foot wall near the gallery.
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October 16th, 2014
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