Press: Sandow Birk

The New York Times
Sandow Birk: "American Qu'ran"
By Holland Cotter

"Mr. Birk began his long-term Koran project in 2004. In a format roughly based on Persian miniatures, he has been transcribing the Muslim holy book, chapter by chapter, into rectangular compartments on sheets of paper, then filling the blank space around the boxes with paintings inspired by the words."



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