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The Artist Project: Dia Batal

Dec 7, 2015 2 MINUTES
"When you really zoom in, there is this human connection."

Artist Dia Batal reflects on a Syrian tile panel with calligraphic inscription in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Dia Batal, born in 1978, is a Palestinian multidisciplinary artist whose work is mostly context specific.

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Dia Batal (Palestinian, born Beirut, Lebanon, 1978)

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Printed vinyl on fifteenth-century hand-painted Damascene tiles, audio recording. Courtesy of the artist © Dia Batal. Photo: Dia Batal

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