Huguette Caland

Huguette Caland (born 1931), is a Lebanese painter, sculptor[1] and fashion designer[2] living in Los Angeles,[3] noted for her nudes.[4] Caland, whose father, Bechara El Khoury was the first president of Lebanon from 1943 to 1952, co-founded INAASH (Association for the Development of Palestinian Camps), which creates jobs for refugee women and sells their embroidery.[5] She inspired a "historic"[6] exhibition on Palestinian embroidery at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ ""Rebirth", questions de vie et de mort". L'Orient - Le Jour (in French). June 27, 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Mannequin Collective: More Than 100 Participants 'Flesh Out' On-Site Art Exhibit for New Santa Monica Place". News Wire. July 7, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Huguette Caland's Nirvana". deloffreart.com. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Briscoe, David (March 2, 1994). "Arab Women's Art breaks Prototypes". Albany Times Union.
  5. ↑ Mc Donnell, Pat (October 2006). "Sovereign threads". News Wire.
  6. ↑ Mc Donnell, Pat (December 1, 2006). "Regrets too few to mention: Pat McDonnell Twair visits Huguette Caland, the woman behind LA's historic Sovereign Threads exhibition of Palestinian embroidery (see TME October 2006) at her unique Venice, California home.". Middle East.
  7. ↑ "Expo : Huguette Caland à la Galerie Janine Rubeiz". Agenda Culturel. 2011-01-16. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Huguette Caland". Beirut Exhibition Center. 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Art From Lebanon". Beirut Exhibition Center. Retrieved 20 December 2012.

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