Samia Halaby

Samia Halaby, born in Jerusalem and currently living in New York, is an abstract painter, academic, and former professor.

 

The painting Black is Beautiful (1969) is part of a body of work produced to explore the limitations of seeing objects as they are, a habit she argued was forcibly taught through academia. In this painting, Halaby explores perspective, prompting the viewer to examine rounded edges. The painting directs the eye to consider the rounded curves of the cross shape. 

April 17, 2024