Block Party
Artist Zeinab Saab Exhibit dates – Location Dengerink Administration Building Gallery
About the exhibit
“Block Party” demonstrates the limitless nature of design using color theory and the grid, providing unapologetically loud, inescapable visual pleasure. Titles of works allude to distress, past trauma, frustration, feeling lost and fear of the unknown. Pairing these difficult ideas with lush color creates a deflection of reality, allowing you to take temporary refuge in a world of vibrant delusion. The grid becomes a “safety net” that catches moments of euphoria, whether major or minor. Now, when it feels like we are all on the precipice of collapse, the grid gathers and gives structure to these fleeting moments of joy. Allow yourself to be held in place for a moment, and enjoy the party while it lasts.
About the artist
Originally from Dearborn, Mich., Zeinab Saab is a professor of Art at Portland Community College Sylvania. Their current work focuses on exploration of childhood nostalgia through color theory and the grid. Saab received a BFA in Printmaking and Drawing from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio in 2015, and an MFA in Printmaking at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill. in 2019. Their work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at The Sharjah Museum in Sharjah, UAE; Cue Art Foundation, New York City and the San Francisco Center for the Book, among others. The work is held in in permanent collections, including The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Emory University, Atlanta; The Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Washington state; Zayed University, Dubai, UAE; and the Arab American National Museum.
Past Shows
List of completed exhibitions.
Submissions
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Contact
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