AN INDEX OF THE UNSEEN

1—130: Selected works Ghassan Bishouty b. 1941 Safad, Palestine — d. 2004 Amman, Jordan by Nour Bishouty

Art Metropole & Motto BooksFebruary 2021Selected by Alexis Zavialoff & Maia Asshaq

Nour Bishouty’s book uses the archive as a sort of rubric for identifying and classifying objects related to her late father’s art. As an artist herself, Bishouty’s project is both an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of her father’s work – to answer questions she can no longer ask him – and an exploration into why some objects and materials become more visible than others. The book lays out these objects non-hierarchically: video stills from an exhibition opening are given the same importance as a completed artwork or a one-word note. Bishouty takes something as personal and interior as the relationship of a daughter to a father, and uses it as a starting point to explore universal questions relevant to every artist’s practice. — Alexis Zavialoff and Maia Asshaq