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Preview image of work. archival inkjet print on paper, 5 Star Barber Shop 41359

2020.26.2

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5 Star Barber Shop

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Artist

Farah Al Qasimi (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 1991 - )

Title

5 Star Barber Shop

Creation Date

2019

Century

early 21st century

Dimensions

40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)

Classification

Photographs

Creation Place

Middle East, United Arab Emirates

Medium and Support

archival inkjet print on paper

Credit Line

Museum Purchase, Collectors’ Collaborative and the James Phinney Baxter Fund

Copyright

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Accession Number

2020.26.2

For the series “Back and Forth Disco”, the photographer Farah al Qasimi turned her lens to the richly textured, multicultural, and idiosyncratic life of New York City. After moving there in 2018, al Qasimi found herself drawn to the “visual excesses” of her new home. Born in Abu Dhabi, al Qasimi discovered and photographed those vibrant manifestations of multiculturalism wherever she encountered them, but especially adorning the businesses and bodies of fellow immigrants. From the bold hijab of Woman in a Leopard Print and the range of hairstyles on offer in 5 Star Barber Shop, to the use of mirrors as framing devices, the photographs celebrate the self-fashioning of the global citizen, while the artist’s distinctly modern and materialist aesthetic extols a globalized society. In 2020, selections from this series were exhibited on 100 bus shelters across the five boroughs of New York City.