Nadia Kaabi-Linke b. 1978
Jins Al Latif, 2018
Steel, plywood, acrylic
60 x 54 cm
23 5/8 x 21 1/4 in
23 5/8 x 21 1/4 in
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“Jins Al Latif [The Gentle Sex]”, a sculpture mounted into the wall, is made from hundreds of sets of manicure and pedicure instruments, arranged as an inscription in square Kufic....
“Jins Al Latif [The Gentle Sex]”, a sculpture mounted into the wall, is made from hundreds of sets of manicure and pedicure instruments, arranged as an inscription in square Kufic. Spelling out in Arabic “the gentle sex” or “kind sex”, it comments on the implausibility of such hazardous steel instruments being used for beauty care.