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
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,...
"(…)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.
Lillian Davies, Excerpt from Suspect Language, Skira, 2012.