Wael Shawky: Horsemen…
Videos, installations and drawings highlighting how history is rewritten, documented and interpreted. 13 March - 13 June 2014, SAF Art Spaces, Sharjah. Interview with the artist by curator Hoor Al Qasimi.
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Video projection with sound
13 min 34 sec
In The Cave, the artist is seen walking through a busy supermarket in Istanbul, reciting, in Arabic, the chapter from the Quran about the "People of the Cave". The Quranic chapter tells the story of a group of persecuted men who hide in a cave, only to wake up 309 years later to a completely changed world.
© Still: Wael Shawky
Repro: Haupt & Binder
Videos, installations and drawings highlighting how history is rewritten, documented and interpreted. 13 March - 13 June 2014, SAF Art Spaces, Sharjah. Interview with the artist by curator Hoor Al Qasimi.