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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Hamra Abbas, The Piece Might Be Abstract, But its Made of Rubber and Looks Like the Male Organ, 2012

Hamra Abbas Pakistani , b. 1976

The Piece Might Be Abstract, But its Made of Rubber and Looks Like the Male Organ, 2012
Stained-glass
90 x 60 cm
35 3/8 x 23 5/8 in
edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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The Piece Might Be Abstract, But its Made of Rubber and Looks Like the Male Organ (2012), is based on the response Abbas received from Pakistan customs after her work...
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The Piece Might Be Abstract, But its Made of Rubber and Looks Like the
Male Organ (2012), is based on the response Abbas received from Pakistan
customs after her work was confiscated. She found the response to be an amusing and a revealing one. Abbas used stained-glass, a medium that is often associated with religious instruction, to mimic the response that stems from the moral imperative to distinguish the good from the bad.
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