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SLAVS AND TATARS
The Tranny Tease, exhibition view, Venice Biennale, 2019
SLAVS AND TATARS
The Tranny Tease, exhibition view, Venice Biennale, 2019
Slavs and Tatars
Who are you?, 2021
vacuum-formed plastic, acrylic paint
64 x 91 x 1 cm
25 3/16 x 35 13/16 x 3/8 in
25 3/16 x 35 13/16 x 3/8 in
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Using the Arabic word for “He”, often gendered as masculine to express the Divine, Who are you poses the existential question as one not only between secular and holy but...
Using the Arabic word for “He”, often gendered as masculine to express the Divine, Who are you poses the existential question as one not only between secular and holy but also between the various normative gender variations of the former and latter.
Belonging to the Tranny Tease work series (2009-ongoing), the artwork examines alphabet politics and mistranslations by employing the 'wrong' or inappropriate script for a given text.
Belonging to the Tranny Tease work series (2009-ongoing), the artwork examines alphabet politics and mistranslations by employing the 'wrong' or inappropriate script for a given text.
Exhibitions
2024, Kraupa–Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin (DE)2022, Centre Pompidou, Metz (FR)