Healing from Genocide in Rwanda: Rugerero Survivors Village, an Artist Book
Healing from Genocide in Rwanda: Rugerero Survivors Village, an Artist Book
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Healing from Genocide in Rwanda: Rugerero Survivors Village, an Artist Book
W021716 | $40.00
Susan Viguers and Lily Yeh. New York University Press, 2021.
140 pp. well illustrated (all col.). 24 x 19 cm. In English. Paperbound.
ISBN 9781613321348
For the hardcover edition, see Worldwide W021715. Publisher's description: The work immerses readers in the stories of two Rwandans who as small children experienced the 1994 Genocide. It tells of the horrific tragedy each survived, the courage necessary for surviving, and the humanity they embody. Their stories are framed by two chapters chronicling the transformation, in the Rugerero Survivors' Village, of a concrete burial slab into a powerful Genocide Memorial with its bone chamber, designed by artist Lily Yeh and built by the villagers. The book is not limited to the literature of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, but belongs to the world as part of the collective human experience. It evokes its world through images (photographs, drawings, paintings, pattern, and color) as well as words. The text itself is visually choreographed. The work draws from Lily Yeh's multifaceted Rwandan Healing Project under the auspices of Barefoot Artists, a project that included, among other things, drawing and storytelling workshops. Susan Viguers conceived and designed the book, incorporating drawings and paintings by Lily Yeh.
Subject Headings: Western Art -- China ; United States -- Post-1945 ; Post-1970 ; Post-1990 ; Post-2000 -- Several Fine Arts Media (Western) -- Other American Minority --
Artist(s): Yeh, Lily
W021716 | $40.00
Susan Viguers and Lily Yeh. New York University Press, 2021.
140 pp. well illustrated (all col.). 24 x 19 cm. In English. Paperbound.
ISBN 9781613321348
For the hardcover edition, see Worldwide W021715. Publisher's description: The work immerses readers in the stories of two Rwandans who as small children experienced the 1994 Genocide. It tells of the horrific tragedy each survived, the courage necessary for surviving, and the humanity they embody. Their stories are framed by two chapters chronicling the transformation, in the Rugerero Survivors' Village, of a concrete burial slab into a powerful Genocide Memorial with its bone chamber, designed by artist Lily Yeh and built by the villagers. The book is not limited to the literature of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, but belongs to the world as part of the collective human experience. It evokes its world through images (photographs, drawings, paintings, pattern, and color) as well as words. The text itself is visually choreographed. The work draws from Lily Yeh's multifaceted Rwandan Healing Project under the auspices of Barefoot Artists, a project that included, among other things, drawing and storytelling workshops. Susan Viguers conceived and designed the book, incorporating drawings and paintings by Lily Yeh.
Subject Headings: Western Art -- China ; United States -- Post-1945 ; Post-1970 ; Post-1990 ; Post-2000 -- Several Fine Arts Media (Western) -- Other American Minority --
Artist(s): Yeh, Lily
