- Rosalind Nashashibi
Rosalind Nashashibi (born 1973) is a British
artist ofPalestinian descent.Born in
Croydon , Nashashibi studied at theGlasgow School of Art , and as of 2003 is based inGlasgow . Much of her work consists offilm s of everyday life in urban environments. [http://www.xpatloop.com/articles.php?id=6181]"The State of Things" is a black and white film of old ladies at a
Salvation Army jumble sale with a love song by the Egyptian singer Um Kolsoum on the soundtrack. The exact location of the film is unclear, and Nashashibi has said that many people, when first seeing the grainy footage, assume the women to be from some non-British culture or from an earlier time."Dahiet a Bareed, District of the Post Office" was filmed in the
West Bank in an area designed by the artists grandfather. The film is of people playing football, having their hair cut and so on. "Midwest" and "Midwest Field" depict life inOmaha, Nebraska .In 2003, Nashashibi won the
Beck's Futures prize, the first woman to do so, for "The State of Things". [Maev Kennedy, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/apr/30/arts.artsnews "Film-maker wins Beck's award", "The Guardian", Wednesday April 30, 2003.] ] Her work is held in the collection of theTate . [ [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=7347&page=1 tate.org.uk] ]References
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