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 she’s painting on linen or posting a video of slowly melting glue is like having an enormous studio visit. “It enables me to gauge people’s interests and, most importantly, whether the work is accessible or not,” she says. “Since I work rather solitarily, this platform becomes important.” Hayv, who was born in Iraq and lives in Los Angeles, is one of more than 100 women artists represented in the Rubell Family Collection’s (@rubellcollection) show, “No Man’s Land,” which opens this week in Miami. “It’s funny how we put on shows, categorizing them as ‘women’s exhibitions,’ as this already speaks of the great divide and gender gap in the art world,” she says. “Unfortunately, I think it’s necessary to do so in our contemporary reality, so I’m all for it. Although I can’t wait to move beyond that dialogue.”
