Object Record
Images
Metadata
Accession Number |
2015.18.00 |
Catalog Number |
2015.18.01 |
Object Name |
Tapestry |
Collection |
Hamdi Attia |
Date |
2010 |
Description |
Hamdi Attia's "ARCHIPELAGO, A World Map" (2010) Ink on vinyl banner Displays a re-imagined world map populated by Arab cities. Artist statement: "The noble failure of trying to make sense of our contemporary life reproduces itself in art practices, creating a successful platform for anti-idealism. Given the tools of this platform, I am simultaneously interested in reconfiguring romanticized socio-political, cultural, or personal products and thoughts by addressing how they diverge and overlap. In this body of work, I am also interested in looking at how fictional narratives overcome factual materials when they try to represent reality." |
Search Terms |
Arab American art Egyptian Americans |
Subjects |
Art Maps |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |