View

Mixed media: cement, tar, textile and wood, 60 cm x 70 cm (24 in x 27 in) 

View is composed of three horizontal layers: delicate embroidered textile, textured concrete, and raw asphalt— each chosen for its material and symbolic weight. The composition avoids direct representation, instead offering a tactile meditation on memory, displacement and disappearance.

In dialogue with Maroun Tomb’s lost body of work, Abu Baker does not attempt to reconstruct what was lost, but rather reflects on the condition of loss itself: of artworks, of homes, of histories. The use of domestic embroidery nods to the lives and spaces interrupted; the cracked concrete and asphalt suggest what remains and what resists. Through this material language, the painting becomes a quiet response to the vanished archive grounding personal and collective memory in texture, absence and resistance.

Nasrin Abu Baker was born in Zalafa village near Nazareth. She received her B.Ed. in Art & Education at the Faculty of Arts – Hamidrasha at Beit Berl College and completed her Master’s in Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. Now based between Jerusalem and Zalafa, Abu Baker is a multidisciplinary artist whose work delves into themes of identity, memory and socio-political narratives. Using a variety of mediums, she engages with communities and cultural institutions worldwide to create thought-provoking art that challenges perceptions and fosters dialogue.