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Mounir Fatmi b. 1970

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Mounir Fatmi, Bas-Relief/Al Jazeera, 2007

Mounir Fatmi b. 1970

Bas-Relief/Al Jazeera, 2007
Coaxial antenna cable on wood panel, staples
160 x 130 cm
63 x 51 1/8 in
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'(…)The artist’s wall-based sculpture, Al-Jazeera “bas-relief” sculpture sequence/Séquence sculpture “bas-relief” Al-Jazeera, 2004-2007, reproduces the Qatari satellite television network’s logo with white coaxial cables. Carefully stapled onto a white wooden panel,...
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"(…)The artist’s wall-based sculpture, Al-Jazeera “bas-relief” sculpture sequence/Séquence sculpture “bas-relief” Al-Jazeera, 2004-2007, reproduces the Qatari satellite television network’s logo with white coaxial cables. Carefully stapled onto a white wooden panel, the flame-like calligraphy is one of a series of low-relief sculptures (realized with white coaxial cables) representing highly loaded scenes: the Pietà, Jesus wearing a crown of thorns, and Saddam Hussein with a bushy beard and bleary eyes, as he looked when he was captured by American soldiers in an underground hideout near his hometown of Tikrit. Each image in the series carries a heavy historical, religious or political weight. Al-Jazeera is especially strong, as the image invokes the flood of narrative and debate enabled by the broadcaster’s challenging and influential programming.(…)"

Lillian Davies, Excerpt from Suspect Language, Skira, 2012.
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