Vente aux enchères en direct 7933Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art
Nadim Karam (Lebanese, B. 1957)
Lot 39"The boy was dancing and jumping in the rain when his mother asked him to come in for supper. Over the meal, she explained to him that clouds make rain. The second day he went searching for a cloud and came back home carrying a small one. He offered it to his mother for her birthday." (Nadim Karam)

Nadim Karam (Lebanese, B. 1957)

Boy Carrying A Cloud

Fermé19 April 2011

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Nadim Karam (Lebanese, B. 1957)
Boy Carrying A Cloud
signed (on the base)
coloured 'mother-of-pearl' beads on wooden board
24 1/3 X 20 1/3 X 4in. (62 x 52 x 10cm.)
Executed in 2011; this work is unique

Note du spécialiste

This work presents another glimpse into Nadim Karam's vision of playful figures invading the urban environment. Boy Carrying A Cloud is made of mother of pearl buttons placed on a wooden structure. The boy is standing with his arms stretched above him as he lifts a cloud. For Karam, the cloud is reminiscent of the lives of nomads - their perpetual movement corresponds to the constant travel and flux of the suspended clouds that hover above our heads. A visible mass of water droplets that are neither fixed nor tangible but are also in a constant state of transience.