Vente aux enchères en direct 7933Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art
Maha Malluh (Saudi Arabian)
Lot 62'Tradition, occasionally understood as a force of 'rentention' serves as a shelter for those who wish to close themselves from modernity's monstruous reach. In our present age, however, there is no room for privacy: all is exposed.' (Maha Malluh)


DONATED BY THE ARTIST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EDUCATION PROGRAMME OF EDGE OF ARABIA

Maha Malluh (Saudi Arabian)

Unveiled (from the series Tradition and Modernity)

Fermé19 April 2011

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Maha Malluh (Saudi Arabian)
Unveiled (from the series Tradition and Modernity)
light box
48¾ x 63in. (124 x 160cm.)
Executed in 2010; this work is number two from an edition of three plus one artist's proof

Note du spécialiste

'A work in Edge of Arabia Istanbul that remains most disturbingly in memory is Maha Malluh's Tradition and Modernity. Overtly, it shows the everyday, but the restrained tension says other things. The fearsome image of the can-opener amidst the benign cutlery is deeply disturbing. A colleague was struck by the confining boxes that frame each image. Tradition and Modernity is not an easy work. Maha Malluh's written statement that a hectic modern life should not lead people to forget watching the sunset is calming, but Tradition and Modernity has a different feel entirely and is anything but calm.' (Dr. Geoffrey King, SOAS University, London, January 2011).