“The idea behind this work started on the floor of my living room, which formed from the idea of dreams and how sometimes they bring you back to the initial reality of what you want to share and how you’re engaging in your awakened life most of the time. Dreams continue where they left off; this work depends on that method, picking up where I left off. I am always trying to get lost in my work. When I’m lost, in most cases, I end up in places that allow me to explore more.” Y.H.
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Artist Bio
Yusuf Hassan
Yusuf Hassan is the founder of BlackMass Publishing. Hassan’s work explores the idea of the book. His reductive technique and meditative approach challenge the physical and poetic boundaries of his materials,
canceling the idea of restrictions within his work allows him to analyze it with no limitations and using printed matter as a physical way of expression. Much of Hassan’s success is attributed to his unique ability to express dramatic and emotional content through publications and printmaking. Hassan holds publications in the permanent collection of The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The Langston Hughes Library, The Center for Book Arts , New York Public Library, Thomas J. Watson Library, Queens College (New York) The Houghton Library, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Library, Tate Modern (UK), Oxford University, Wellcome Collection (London), and The Whitney Museum Library.
Documentation By: Allan Kosmajac