Archive Record
Metadata
Accession Number |
2005.101.00 |
Catalog Number |
2005.101.07 |
Object Name |
Compact Disk |
Collection |
Helen Zughaib |
Scope & Content |
CD of short recordings of Helen Zughaib's father telling stories. These were transcribed and used in her "Stories My Father Told Me" series. Artist's Statement: My brother, sisters and I, are fortunate enough to have our own "hakawati," a storyteller whose stories stem from his love for his children and a desire to both educate and entertain. "Let me tell you a story." And so it would begin. The noise around the dinner table would quiet down and we would all turn our attention to our father who would then tell us one of his stories. The stories might relate to the general dinner conversation, events of the day, the mention of a relative, or one of us would simply beg our father to tell a beloved story, possibly to amuse a dinner guest, or just for our own pleasure. My paintings, a series of 23 stories, are about his childhood and young adulthood in Damascus and Lebanon, stories about the traditions of the Greek Orthodox church, stories of village life in Lebanon and finally stories about the major events in his young life that ultimately lead to him immigrating to America in 1946. On a personal level, these paintings illustrate my father's childhood, my childhood, and my Lebanese heritage. I look at the paintings and hear my father's voice. As an artist, however, I hope to reach a larger audience. I want the viewer to read each painting's accompanying narrative, to recall their own stories, their own childhood, as they experience my father's stories through my paintings, and share those common experiences which cross all borders and link different cultures together. |
Lexicon category |
6: T&E For Communication |