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The Fold/ (Record no. 6542)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781912719648
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Title The Fold/
Statement of responsibility, etc. Hoda Afshar
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Marseille; London;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Loose Joints Publishing;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2025
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 228p;
Dimensions 25x25cm
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Through critical reappropriation, Afshar reclaims a colonial photographic legacy fixated on the veiled woman. The Fold is a critical visual and psychological investigation into the enduring legacy of Orientalist and colonialist photographic practices, and the ways in which these gazes continue to shape how bodies—particularly veiled Islamic bodies—are seen, archived, and consumed. This new body of work by Iranian artist Hoda Afshar takes as its starting point the vast archive of Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1872–1934), a French psychiatrist and photographer who, in the early 20th century, produced thousands of images of veiled women—and sometimes men—in Morocco. Encountered by Afshar during her research at the musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac in Paris, these photographs were originally used by de Clérambault to support psychoanalytic theories around fantasy, covering, and desire, all filtered through a deeply colonial lens. This experimental book gathers more than 960 of Afshar’s silver gelatin reappropriations of de Clérambault’s archive, each one a gesture of reworking, refusal, and critical reflection. The Fold includes essays by Ali Behdad and Annabelle Lacour, a conversation between Taous Dahmani and the artist, and is published to accompany Afshar’s solo exhibition Hoda Afshar. Performer l'invisible, at the musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac (30/9/2025 – 25/1/2026).
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note English
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Archives
9 (RLIN) 9376
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Topical term or geographic name entry element N8350-8356 Art as a profession. Artists
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Veil
9 (RLIN) 9377
651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Iran
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Koha item type Book
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        Visual Arts SAF Reference Library Photography Gallery 04/27/2026   N8350-8356 99.261 6542 04/30/2026 04/30/2026 Book

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