Iraqi Artist @hayvkahraman on Gauging Interest and the Gender Gap
To see more photos from Hayv, follow @hayvkahraman on Instagram.
For the artist Hayv Kahraman (@hayvkahraman), sharing a photo of a translucent face sheβs painting on linen or posting a video of slowly melting glue is like having an enormous studio visit. βIt enables me to gauge peopleβs interests and, most importantly, whether the work is accessible or not,β she says. βSince I work rather solitarily, this platform becomes important.β Hayv, who was born in Iraq and lives in Los Angeles, is one of more than 100 women artists represented in the Rubell Family Collectionβs (@rubellcollection) show, βNo Manβs Land,β which opens this week in Miami. βItβs funny how we put on shows, categorizing them as βwomenβs exhibitions,β as this already speaks of the great divide and gender gap in the art world,β she says. βUnfortunately, I think itβs necessary to do so in our contemporary reality, so Iβm all for it. Although I canβt wait to move beyond that dialogue.β















