Sophia Al-Maria, Beast Type Song, 2019. Single-channel video (HD video, color, sound); 38:03 mins. Credit: COURTESY OF THE ARTIST, ANNA LENA FILMS, PARIS AND PROJECT NATIVE INFORMANT, LONDON

(VISUAL ART) Qatari American artist, writer, and filmmaker Sophia Al-Maria “addresses the orientalist gaze and residual histories of colonialism” in Not My Bag, a solo exhibition of interwoven, layered narratives that question traditional readings of historical events. Working in moving image, text, and collage, Al-Maria’s “counter-histories” also…

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