LARA ATALLAH
The World Is an Island

March 8 - April 4, 2021
291 Grand Street New York

The World Is an Island imagines the map of the world as a splintered assortment of land floating in a vast ocean. The land formations are the result of exposing sand to cyanotype chemicals for periods of time on each canvas. The piece is a reflection on the fragmentation of the world through artificially drawn borders. Playing on the phrase “no man is an island,” each canvas is a quintessential piece of the puzzle without which the work could not be complete, while the slithering gold leaf ties them together in a continuous assemblage.

Lara Atallah is a New York-based artist and writer. Her practice is informed by her interest in the political nature of landscape, and the power it holds to reshape our perception of borders. Her work has been exhibited in the US and internationally, and is part of the Onassis Cultural Foundation's collection in Athens, as well as the NYU Langone Art Collection. Recent exhibitions include the American University Museum, Trestle Gallery, ON CANAL. Her first book, Edge of Elysium, Vol.1 was published by Open Projects Press in September 2019. Her writing has appeared in Artforum, Camera Austria, Flash Art Italia, and The Brooklyn Rail among others.

Follow more of her work at:
www.lara-atallah.com
@lara__atallah