Shany Abdallah Naji Series Artis Graphicae by Shany Dvora is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Graphica Competition Category.
ArgentumGraphica· 2021
Shany Abdallah Naji Series Artis Graphicae
by Shany Dvora
Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Graphica Category
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About Shany Abdallah Naji Series Artis Graphicae
Shany Abdallah Naji est series operum graphicorum quae traditionem familiarem nominandi in vitam revocat. Haec traditio, quae finita est cum familia ex Iraquia in Israel migravit, infanti recens nato praenomen dabat sequentibus nominibus patris et avi. Series creata est postquam antiqua chartae migrationis familiae repertae sunt. Quinque opera mediorum mixtorum, quattuor quorum quodque quinquaginta per septuaginta centimetra metitur et unum quod septuaginta quinque per septuaginta centimetra metitur, imagines in calligraphiam Hebraicam intexunt, inspiratam a manuscriptis Hebraicis ex Iraquia, Iemenia et Marocco inter saeculum duodecimum et quintum decimum confectis.
The Recognition
About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum
Shany Abdallah Naji Series Artis Graphicae victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Shany Abdallah Naji Series Artis Graphicae opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Shany Abdallah Naji Series Artis Graphicae creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.
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- Unique Properties
- Shany Abdalla Naji is a series of Graphic works attempting to revive the name giving tradition in the designer’s family.
This tradition that broke upon arriving to Israel from Iraq, consists of naming a new born and adding the names of his father and grandfather. Dvora learned all this recently after finding her family's immigration papers. This discovery left her excited thinking names can encompass within them the changes of tradition and culture and it made her question how her own name fits in her family’s ancestry - Dimensions & Packaging
- 4 works 50*70 cm
1 work 75*70 cm - Tags
- Calligraphy, Typography, Hebrew, Eastern
- Production Technology
- Mixed Media
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- Research
- For ages, the Middle East has been a meeting point for eastern and western cultures. This region has seen empires rise and fall, ever changing borders and frequent migrations of people looking for a fresh start. But not only the people journeyed across the land, with them came their family history, their stories, ideas, ideals and traditions.
This is the story of Dvora’s grandmother - Juliette Abdallah Moshe.
Juliette immigrated to Israel from Iraq in 1951 with her husband and three young sons. Her birth given name, Juliette Abdallah Moshe, as were the names of her ancestors, consisted of her first name followed by the names of her father and grandfather. When she arrived in Israel her name was changed to “Juliette Dvora” as part of the process of integration. Thus, the tradition linking the children’s names to those of their ancestors was broken. Dvora learned all this only in recent years after finding her grandmother’s original immigration papers. This discovery left her very excited thinking that a name of a man can encompass within it the changes of tradition and culture as it consists of the names of the previous family generations. The excitement was followed by a few questions though. Why is Shany’s name so different from the traditional and deeply rooted names in her family’s ancestry? Where and how does her name fit in there?
In this project She seeks to revive the name giving tradition that still lived on in the time of her grandmother’s birth. She does so through imagery woven into Hebrew calligraphy inspired by 12th-15th century Hebrew manuscripts from Iraq, Yemen and Morocco - Inspiration
- In this project Dvora seeks to revive the name giving tradition that still lived on in the time of her grandmother’s birth. She does so through imagery woven into Hebrew calligraphy inspired by 12th-15th century Hebrew manuscripts from Iraq, Yemen and Morocco
- Project Duration
- 2018-2019, Israel
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- Image Credits
- Shany Dvora
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