Slavs and Tatars
Alphabet Abdal, 2015
woolen yarn
190 x 495 cm
74 12/16 x 194 14/16 in
74 12/16 x 194 14/16 in
Though considered to be the sacred language of Islam, the Arabic language and alphabet is equally the language of Middle Eastern Christians. Featuring an exodus, Alphabet Abdal commemorates the endangered...
Though considered to be the sacred language of Islam, the Arabic language and alphabet is equally the language of Middle Eastern Christians. Featuring an exodus, Alphabet Abdal commemorates the endangered Levantine, Hijazi origins of Christianity and with it, the heritage and language that expresses these traditions. Read right to left, the words translate to: jesus, son of mary, is love.
Provenance
Mouth to Mouth, 345S&T_Made in Dschermany_Albertinum, Albertinum, Dresden, 417
Slavs and Tatars - Mirrors For Princes, 278
S&T_Mouth to Mouth, 324
S&T_Saalbarderei, Westphälischer Kunstverein, Münster, 397
Dschinn and Dschuice, 268
SLAVS AND TATARS, The Poetry of Translation, 13.11.2021 - 13.02.2022, Kunsthaus Meran, Meran
Exhibitions
2021, Kunsthaus Meran (IT)2018, Albertinum, Dresden (DE)
2018, Kunstverein Münster (DE)
2017, Salt Galata, Istanbul (TR)
2012, Kraupa–Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin (DE)
amongst others